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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 11, how long has Mark spent as the loneliest man in history?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 100 days.
(d) 65 days.

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

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

5. How far does the Hab’s nav beacon reach?
(a) 30 kilometers.
(b) 35 kilometers.
(c) 25 kilometers.
(d) 40 kilometers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sols does Mark navigate through the valley which he names?

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

3. How long is the Hab designed to last?

4. When there is too much oxygen, to what temperature does the regulator cool it?

5. What was Mark’s Ares Mission?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plan does Jack Trevor come up with to help communicate with Mark?

2. On Sol 66, what is Mark’s mission?

3. Why does Venkat think Mark is using the RTG?

4. At the end of Chapter 4, why is Mark in Rover 2?

5. Why does Mark have a good supply of EVA suits?

6. Why doesn’t Sanders want to give Venkat satellite time?

7. What is Plutonium-238?

8. What is Mark’s first conversation with NASA on Sol 97?

9. Why does Mark have to do a photo-op in Chapter 11?

10. Why is the weak point of a lander the battery?

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