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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Loonies willing to do with FN troops?
(a) Coexist with them.
(b) Pay for them.
(c) House them.
(d) Fight with them, if necessary.

2. According to LaJoie, what will the embargo introduce?
(a) An economic boom.
(b) No change in the economy.
(c) Economic depression.
(d) A slight increase in the economy.

3. Whom is the meeting turned over to at 22:00 on the first day?
(a) Selene.
(b) Wyoh.
(c) Davis.
(d) Prof.

4. What is the major factor that allowed the Loonies to win the "Battle of Corridors"?
(a) The Loonies' overwhelming numbers.
(b) The change in gravity for the Terrans.
(c) The Terrans' ignorance of the terrain.
(d) The Loonies' superior weaponry.

5. How are the laser operator groups organized?
(a) Men versus women.
(b) Older men versus younger.
(c) There is only one large group.
(d) Terrans versus Loonies.

6. What does the Chairman ask of Davis?
(a) He wants Davis to try to convince Prof to become the new Warden.
(b) He wants Davis to become "Protector Pro Tem."
(c) He wants Davis to try and rally the Loonies to accept his plan.
(d) He wants Davis to rat out the other revolutionaries.

7. Why does Davis feel that Loonies don't owe the Authority anything?
(a) Because there was no initial agreement and the Authority can't tax Loonies retroactively.
(b) Because Luna lacks the public resources that societies who pay taxes have access to.
(c) Because it was established at the beginning that the Lunar colonies would never pay taxes.
(d) Because there should be no taxation without representation, and the Loonies have no representation on Terra.

8. How long is the plan the Chairman proposes for overhauling life on Luna?
(a) Five years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Ten years.
(d) One year.

9. What do the FN troops intended to protect Luna actually do?
(a) Protect them, as ordered.
(b) Police them.
(c) Enforce strict and arbitrary laws.
(d) Rape and murder.

10. What does Prof say about the new Constitution?
(a) That it should accentuate the negative.
(b) That it should adhere strictly to the style of historical Constitutions.
(c) That it should establish clear taxation clauses.
(d) That it should accentuate the positive.

11. Why do the Federated Nations think that the Loonies owe them something?
(a) Because the Authority supports the children of Lunar citizens financially.
(b) Because wages on Luna are higher than on Earth.
(c) Because Loonies are allowed to live tax-free.
(d) Because criminals exiled to Luna are allowed to work and have families.

12. What does Prof advise Davis to read?
(a) Malthus.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Freud.

13. Who planted the question about police and military that was asked of Davis?
(a) Alvarez.
(b) Prof.
(c) The Chairman.
(d) LaJoie.

14. What proposal is made at dinner at the Davis household in chapter 15?
(a) Allowing the children to become Party spies.
(b) Opting Wyoh into the family.
(c) Allowing Davis to go to Terra.
(d) Opting LaJoie into the family.

15. How do editorialists feel about the idea of a free Luna, in chapter 17?
(a) They generally support the idea.
(b) Opinions differ wildly.
(c) The media reports the facts and expresses no opinion.
(d) They are generally opposed to the idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Loonies feel about the FN troops?

2. Where is Davis at the beginning of chapter 16?

3. Who dies near the end of the novel?

4. What does Prof ask the Chairman after his speech?

5. After the initial battle of the Revolution, what does Mike begin controlling?

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