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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 234-278.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long before Robin's birthday campout was he suspended?
(a) 9 weeks.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) A month.
(d) 2 months.

2. What do Robin and Dee Ramey sit on when they watch two boats sailing?
(a) Rock.
(b) Upside-down kayak.
(c) Beach.
(d) Bench.

3. What do Currier and his assistants call Robin?
(a) Boy Wonder.
(b) Brain Boy.
(c) Scholar boy.
(d) Brainbox.

4. Where is the ecologist from who uses parts of Theo's atmospheric models to map how the Earth's own ecosystems might evolve under steadily rising temperatures?
(a) University of Colorado.
(b) University Toronto.
(c) University of Montreal.
(d) University of Vermont.

5. On his tenth birthday, how long are days on the planet Robin talks about?
(a) An hour.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) 2 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of Theo's colleagues were going to testify with him on behalf of NASA's proposed Earthlike Planet Seeker mission?

2. When Theo first became an astrobiologist, for how many years did his job make him feel like a child?

3. What trees line the lake where Robin walks with Dee Ramey?

4. How tall was Robin's mother?

5. What name is used for Robin in Ova Nova?

(see the answer key)

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