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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have been sabotaged throughout Mars?

2. Who is John's son?

3. When stock prices begin to fall, what does the elevator consortium slow down?

4. Who runs the rover aground when she is distracted?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do Frank and Maya argue and separate after he has a dream?

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

5. What are Helmut's motivations for working on Mars?

6. Why does John have conflicting feelings about terraforming and transnationals?

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

8. Why does Nadia blow up the space station?

9. Why are the primary hundred going to be executed?

10. What does Frank learn from meeting the miners from Florida?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the power of the scientists in Red Mars. Is the press objective? Why or why not? What kind of academic bias do they reveal? How are they influenced?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the significance of the novel's title. What did the author mean by calling the book Red Mars? Cite an example to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one motif of religion. Identify at least two motifs about religion in the book. Then cite an example to support each answer.

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