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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the presiding political party in Ecotopia?
(a) Green.
(b) Proud.
(c) Survivalist.
(d) Minimalist.

2. How long do many of the hikes that the children go on last?
(a) A month.
(b) A week.
(c) A day.
(d) A year.

3. What does Weston buy in the city he explores?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Car.
(c) Rings.
(d) Food.

4. What movement in Ecotopia wants to abandon plastics completely?
(a) Purist.
(b) Metal.
(c) Coal.
(d) Petroleum.

5. What do most women use to control population growth in Ecotopia?
(a) Contraceptives.
(b) Abstinence.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Laxatives.

6. What do the hard and durable plastics replace in Ecotopia?
(a) Biodegradable supplies.
(b) Coal tar.
(c) Metals.
(d) Oil.

7. What does Weston notice that the streets of the minicity are full of?
(a) Fighters and warriors.
(b) Clergy and teachers.
(c) Pedestrians and bicyclists.
(d) Sailors and lawyers.

8. What do Ecotopians think of travel for business?
(a) Unnecessary.
(b) Pleasurable.
(c) Dependent upon the area.
(d) Important.

9. What is the name of the new minicity that Weston visits?
(a) Alviso.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Aura.
(d) Miguel.

10. What are some skills that the children learn in school in Ecotopia?
(a) Drawing and painting.
(b) Accounting and books.
(c) Hunting and fishing.
(d) Casting and mining.

11. Where does Weston's flight land?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Reno.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Irving.

12. After observing the lumber mills, who does Weston mention meeting in his diary?
(a) Ecotopian counter intelligence unit.
(b) Ecotopian presidential envoy.
(c) Ecotopian press.
(d) American spy agency.

13. What connects the skyscrapers that Weston sees in the city he explores?
(a) Catwalks.
(b) Chains.
(c) Fences.
(d) Bulldozers.

14. Who does Weston get to talk to after the game?
(a) The injured man and an elderly man.
(b) The dribbler and the defense.
(c) The referee and point guard.
(d) The punter and the shooter.

15. Who or what is the Ecotopian president?
(a) An invalid.
(b) An alien.
(c) An Independent.
(d) A woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does Weston explore at the beginning of the book?

2. What game is Weston finally allowed to watch?

3. How does Weston feel after meeting the people that he mentions in his diary?

4. In the Ecotopian education system, how do children progress?

5. What dropped below the death rate in Ecotopia, stabilizing the population?

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