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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 do Spirit and Stonebridge agree on about the plan to balance the economy?
(a) They must do away with the middle class and institute a caste system.
(b) The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
(c) The rich can get richer, so long as the poor get richer too.
(d) The rich must give up some of their wealth so that the poor can get richer.

2. What does Shelia do when Coral throws the grenade?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She pushes Coral onto the grenade to shelter Hope from the explosion.
(c) She grabs the grenade and throws it back.
(d) She grabs the grenade and holds it to herself, saving Hope but dying to do so.

3. What role does Spirit play in Hope's cabinet?
(a) She is in charge of population.
(b) She is in charge of implementation.
(c) She is in charge of crime.
(d) She is in charge of industry.

4. As Jose, what agreement does Hope get from Shelia?
(a) Partial reproductive rights will be reinstated in one year.
(b) The protesters will be arrested.
(c) Unristricted reproductive rights will be reinstated immediately.
(d) The government will allow women to have children if they win a lottery.

5. What deal does Hope make with Junior Doc?
(a) He will send food, but it will be laced with chemicals to make the people infertile.
(b) He will send troops to help enforce the law, but they must try to stop the crime families themselves.
(c) He will help clean up the moon, but they must do their fair share.
(d) He will send money, but they must accept imigrants from everywhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Spirit and Hope decide that it is best to get Hope out of town for a while?

2. What does Hope do when he is put in charge at work?

3. Where does Hope take a job?

4. How is the opposition of the iron industry different from the resistance?

5. How has Hope brought iron prices back down?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed about the iron industry in Chapter 8? What do Phist and Hope plan to do about it?

2. How has Jose Garcia changed in Chapter 10? How is this significant to the story?

3. Who is Jose Garcia? How is he significant to the story?

4. In Chapter 8, what is revealed about Gerald Phist?

5. Describe Hope's relationship to the woman in the feelie helmet.

6. Describe the relationship between Hope, Hopie, and Amber in Chapter 9.

7. Briefly describe Hope's ten year reign. Was it effective?

8. How does Ebony feel about the growing population, and what does she suggest they do about it? What happens as a result of Ebony's plan?

9. Describe Jose Garcia's new organization.

10. In Chapter 7, how are Hope's reforms managing?

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