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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the total amount of square meters of farmland that Mark can use if he can overcome some problems?
(a) 92.
(b) 126.
(c) 62.
(d) 102.

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

3. After the explosion on Sol 40, how long does it take to get the oxygen level back up to par in the Hab?
(a) 3 minutes.
(b) 8 minutes.
(c) 21 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

4. How many potatoes does Mark have to plant?
(a) 15.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

5. How long did it take Mark’s crew to get to Mars?
(a) 18 days.
(b) 124 days.
(c) 239 days.
(d) 83 days.

6. What is the normal percent of oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 42.
(d) 34.

7. Whose suit does Mark use to store water?
(a) Lewis.
(b) Martinez.
(c) Johanssen.
(d) Vogel.

8. Where is Venkat Kapoor’s office located?
(a) Building 1.
(b) Building 9.
(c) Building 3.
(d) Building 2.

9. On Sol 82, what landmark does Mark see that indicate he is near Pathfinder?
(a) Ares Vallis.
(b) Twin Peaks.
(c) Phobus.
(d) Acidalia Planitia.

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

11. What is Lewis’s scientific specialty?
(a) Biology.
(b) Geology.
(c) Mechanical engineering.
(d) Astrophysics.

12. How many kilometers can a rover travel on a full charge?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 35.

13. In Chapter 12, how many seconds does Lewis say that Uncle Sam is paying for every second they are on Mars?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $322,000.
(c) $78,000.
(d) $212,000.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If Mark makes a trip to Ares 4, how long does it think it will take?

2. How does Mark react when he learn the Pathfinder is communicating with Earth?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 6, how many months of travel does Lewis’s crew have to endure?

4. Of all the people who had stepped out on Mars, what number was Mark?

5. In which branch of the military is Lewis?

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