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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Mark wait for the resin for his saddlebags to set up?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) About 90 minutes.
(c) An hour.
(d) 21 minutes.

2. In high school, what role did Mark play in Dungeons and Dragons?
(a) Barbarian.
(b) Cleric.
(c) Geomancer.
(d) Monk.

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

4. What was the operational radius for Mark’s mission?
(a) 10 kilometers.
(b) 15 kilometers.
(c) 5 kilometers.
(d) 20 kilometers.

5. What type of engines power the Hermes?
(a) Nuclear.
(b) Ion.
(c) Fusion.
(d) Anti-matter.

6. How long did it take Ares 4’s MAV to get to Mars?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 13 months.
(c) 11 months.
(d) 15 months.

7. How many liters of water will Mark need for his farmland?
(a) 250.
(b) 175.
(c) 325.
(d) 225.

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

9. At what angle do the solar cells sit in the lightweight lattice that holds them?
(a) 8 degrees.
(b) 14 degrees.
(c) 11 degrees.
(d) 17 degrees.

10. At what point might Mark’s crew believe that he has died?
(a) Sol 6.
(b) Sol 10.
(c) Sol 9.
(d) Sol 4.

11. How long does a Mars mission take?
(a) 60 months.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 4 years.

12. How many sols does Mark navigate through the valley which he names?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

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

15. How many days does Mark hope it will take his potatoes to grow?
(a) 72.
(b) 35.
(c) 64.
(d) 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. How days has a team of JPL engineers worked to piece together something that will interact with the modern Deep Space Network?

2. In Chapter 12, how many centimeters down does Vogel want the other to dig to get soil samples?

3. How long does it take Mark to fire out a pop-tent?

4. To what degree does Mark intend to lower the temperature in the Hab to keep the soil alive while he extracts the hydrogen?

5. Of the distance required to reach the Schiaparelli crater, how many kilometers is nice, smooth terrain?

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