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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of the distance required to reach the Schiaparelli crater, how many kilometers is nice, smooth terrain?
(a) 530.
(b) 390.
(c) 650.
(d) 475.

2. What is the actual name of the Pathfinder site?
(a) Albert Einstein Memorial Station.
(b) Mars Station One.
(c) Maven Pathfinder Station.
(d) Carl Sagan Memorial Station.

3. What does Vogel have to eat in Chapter 12?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Toast.
(c) Sausages.
(d) Oatmeal.

4. In Chapter 11, what do people keep asking Venkat for when he is trying to work in his temporary office?
(a) Diet Coke.
(b) Pencils.
(c) 7-Up.
(d) Pens.

5. Of all the people who had stepped out on Mars, what number was Mark?
(a) Seventeenth.
(b) Thirteenth.
(c) Twenty-first.
(d) Twenty-eighth.

6. How many months before a mission does NASA sent the MAV?
(a) 18.
(b) 54.
(c) 36.
(d) 48.

7. What is the least number of days it might take Mark to get to Ares 4?
(a) 35.
(b) 45.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

8. In which branch of the military is Lewis?
(a) Navy.
(b) Air Force.
(c) Army.
(d) Marines.

9. How days has a team of JPL engineers worked to piece together something that will interact with the modern Deep Space Network?
(a) 45.
(b) 15.
(c) 60.
(d) 20.

10. How long will the protein that Mark has last?
(a) 940 days.
(b) 1,009 days.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 3 years.

11. In Chapter 12, how many centimeters down does Vogel want the other to dig to get soil samples?
(a) 30.
(b) 35.
(c) 15.
(d) 25.

12. How long does it take Mark to fire out a pop-tent?
(a) 15 seconds.
(b) 12 minutes.
(c) 2 seconds.
(d) 5 minutes.

13. How many days does it usually take to yield full-sized potatoes?
(a) 75 days.
(b) 90 days.
(c) 180 days.
(d) 115 days.

14. Phobos is the god of ___________.
(a) War.
(b) Love.
(c) Fear.
(d) Spring.

15. What type of music did Johanssen bring to listen to?
(a) New Age.
(b) Rolling Stones.
(c) Classical.
(d) Beatles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What show does Mark decide to watch on Sol 41?

2. In Chapter 7, how far away is the Schiaparelli crater from Mark?

3. On Sol 98, how many random bytes does Mark have to transcribe one-half of a byte at a time?

4. Mark’s crew ordered to abort their mission after how many days?

5. How many different ships are used to get to and from Mars?

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