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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do people get out of the rover and travel on the surface of Mars?
(a) Using strippers.
(b) Using walkers.
(c) Using streamers.
(d) Using volleys.

2. What do Ann and Simon send when they are trapped inside a crater?
(a) A flag.
(b) A note.
(c) A phone call.
(d) A distress signal.

3. What is raging beside the rover that is run aground?
(a) A flood.
(b) Maya.
(c) Volcanoes.
(d) Tempers.

4. Who suits up to clear the area after the rover is run aground?
(a) Frank.
(b) Ann.
(c) Nadia.
(d) Maya.

5. What is the transnational corporation that has received a prospecting contract?
(a) Armscor.
(b) Fugati.
(c) Unoma.
(d) Acheron.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is beside herself/himself in grief at the death of a lover in the final chapter?

2. What is Ann's son waiting for to take him away to safety from the cracked dome?

3. Where does Frank travel to find that Arkady is leading part of the revolution at Carr Crater?

4. What organization is Helmut in charge of?

5. When John asks AI to scan his room, what does he discover on his bed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Arkady's assertion that there are "guns under the table" foreshadow in the chapters after Part 5?

2. What is important about maintaining a base on Mars in relationship to Earth?

3. On the fourteenth day of the revolution, why does Arkady's arm go up in flames?

4. How does Frank disappear, trying to save his companions?

5. What does John's role as a strong figure in the revolution give hope for?

6. What information is revealed about Hiroko through the notes left for Sax and for Ursula?

7. How does Simon reveal himself to be a strong force when he gets angry with Ann?

8. How does Phyllis's desire for money become apparent through her efforts on Mars?

9. How does Arkady explain the need for money, depending upon the kind of world one lives in?

10. After Frank's office is flooded with immigrants, why does he decide to go to Phyllis for help?

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