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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Kelvin wakes, what is Rheya doing?
(a) sitting at the end of the bed, staring at him
(b) pacing back and forth around the room
(c) cooling his forehead with damp cloths
(d) searching through the closet

2. What does Kelvin see on Rheya's arm?
(a) a scar from a razor cut
(b) a mark from a hypodermic needle
(c) a birthmark
(d) an engraved bracelet

3. How long did it take for spacecraft to visit Solaris after its discovery?
(a) 45 years
(b) 30 days
(c) 100 years
(d) 5 years

4. How does Kelvin recognize Snow?
(a) from news reports
(b) from his photograph
(c) from meeting him on Earth
(d) by his voice

5. What does Kelvin do after he showers and changes?
(a) He goes to look for Snow.
(b) He takes a nap.
(c) He reads.
(d) He goes to look for Sartorius.

6. Who was the first scientist to have a visitor?
(a) Sartorius
(b) Gibarian
(c) Shannahan
(d) Snow

7. What does Kelvin do when he hears someone coming down the hall while he's in Gibarian's room?
(a) He goes outside to see who is there.
(b) He calls out to ask who's out there.
(c) He holds the door handle so it can't be opened.
(d) He leaves his room by a second exit.

8. Whose expedition was Berton on?
(a) Ottenskjöld's
(b) Fechner's
(c) Gibarian's
(d) Shannahan's

9. What makes Solaris's orbit stable?
(a) its dual suns
(b) its sister planet
(c) its unique core
(d) its ocean

10. Where does Snow say that Sartorius is?
(a) in his quarters
(b) on the planet's surface
(c) in the kitchen
(d) in the laboratory

11. Where does the second version of Rheya appear?
(a) She is in Kelvin's closet.
(b) She is outside Kelvin's door.
(c) She is in Kelvin's restroom.
(d) She is on Kelvin's bed.

12. When did Kelvin last see Rheya?
(a) 10 years ago
(b) 3 years ago
(c) 1 year ago
(d) 6 months ago

13. What is Rheya wearing when Kelvin sees her?
(a) a black dress
(b) a pants suit
(c) a sundress
(d) a spacesuit

14. Where does Snow say the visitor Kelvin saw comes from?
(a) Snow says the visitor comes from the stars.
(b) Snow says the visitor comes from Solaris.
(c) Snow says he doesn't know.
(d) Snow says the visitor comes from Sartorius.

15. What is the condition of the skin on Snow's face?
(a) red and raw
(b) sunburned
(c) wrinkled and dry
(d) deathly pale

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Rheya die?

2. Who does Kelvin see by Gibarian's body?

3. Besides the envelope, what does Kelvin take from Gibarian's room?

4. What does Snow call the visitors?

5. What does Kelvin keep in his wallet?

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