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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. Who is Ann relieved to see when the group is reunited with the missing colonists at the end of the book?

2. After a dust storm abates, where does John organize a celebration that coincides with Sax's burn up of the ice asteroid in the atmosphere?

3. Who are at the bottom of a mohole in Part 5?

4. What town does Nadia help rebuild using robots?

5. After the celebration attended by many of the first hundred colonizers, John tells _____ he thinks her/his children are saboteurs.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does it does become clear that the terraforming effort is not working as planned, affecting Mars in destructive ways?

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

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

5. Why does Ann crumble in mental stability as the destruction of Mars occurs?

6. How does Ann try commit suicide?

7. When riots begin in Mars, what does Frank discover as the city is in revolution?

8. How does Frank negotiate for the treaty on Mars, and how do Maya and others respond to his efforts?

9. How does Peter Clayborne escape death?

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

The government via corporations plays a pivotal role in maintaining the status quo and upholding certain expectations of etiquette and power dynamics. Who epitomizes this in Red Mars? Who questions this? How is rebellion expressed and how is it quashed?

Essay Topic 2

Politics are also referred to in the book. Robinson refers to the politics of the society of the futuristic Red Mars set during the 21st century. How do the politics Robinson describes in the book compare to that of his own world? Do you think politics are an important part of the book? How else could Robinson incorporate politics into the book? Also examine the use of politics in relationships.

Essay Topic 3

Red Mars is written primarily in the third-person point of view. Is this point of view more or less effective than telling the story from the first-person perspective?

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