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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, how many unread emails does Venkat have?
(a) 39.
(b) 13.
(c) 47.
(d) 35.

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

3. On Sol 80, how far does Mark reckon he is from Pathfinder?
(a) 50 kilometers.
(b) 75 kilometers.
(c) 110 kilometers.
(d) 100 kilometers.

4. When there is too much oxygen, to what temperature does the regulator cool it?
(a) 32 F.
(b) 21 kelvin.
(c) 0 C.
(d) 90 kelvin.

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

6. In Chapter 2, how many sols does Mark think it will be until the next ship arrives on Mars?
(a) 1,387.
(b) 987.
(c) 684.
(d) 1,492.

7. How long is the Hab designed to last?
(a) 18 days.
(b) 31 days.
(c) 110 days.
(d) 64 days.

8. 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) 15 minutes.
(c) 21 minutes.
(d) 8 minutes.

9. On Sol 79, how long has Mark been the road?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 7 days.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 5 days.

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

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

12. What percent of carbon dioxide is the atmosphere on Mars?
(a) 86.
(b) 79.
(c) 62.
(d) 95.

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

14. Which of the crew members in Chapter 12 has a European Union flag on the uniform?
(a) Vogel.
(b) Johanssen.
(c) Martinez.
(d) Beck.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many minutes longer is a sol than a day?

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

3. How long did it take Ares 4’s MAV to get to Mars?

4. In Chapter 12, how many seconds does Lewis say that Uncle Sam is paying for every second they are on Mars?

5. Whose suit does Mark use to store water?

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