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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who makes a closing speech about democracy versus capitalism at the celebration?
(a) Maya.
(b) Ursula.
(c) John.
(d) Frank.

2. Who is angry with Frank for rejecting her affection?
(a) Ursula.
(b) Nadia.
(c) Hiroko.
(d) Maya.

3. Who has a dream of John and then fights with Maya?
(a) Arkady.
(b) Nadia.
(c) Frank.
(d) Sax.

4. To the traveling rover group's surprise, the newly found settlement has _____.
(a) Running water.
(b) Solar heaters.
(c) Happy people.
(d) Glowing lights.

5. Who appears on Arkady's screen and demands surrender?
(a) Frank.
(b) Sax.
(c) Phyllis.
(d) John.

6. Who is beside herself/himself in grief at the death of a lover in the final chapter?
(a) Peter.
(b) Maya.
(c) Ann.
(d) Simon.

7. Who encourages Frank to give a speech to the striking Russian workers?
(a) Sax.
(b) Maya.
(c) John.
(d) Ursula.

8. Who is disappointed terraforming will be negatively affected and believes the treaty will make no difference?
(a) Nadia.
(b) Sax.
(c) Arkady.
(d) Frank.

9. When stock prices begin to fall, what does the elevator consortium slow down?
(a) Exploration.
(b) Immigration.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Terraforming.

10. What promise does the hidden inside of the rock offer the traveling rover group?
(a) A new way of life.
(b) A new adventure.
(c) A new guide.
(d) A new source of fuel.

11. What is the new transnational mining site where John learns about an Arab colony?
(a) Fugati.
(b) Armscor.
(c) Acheron.
(d) Bradbury Point.

12. What lost group visited the Arab colony that occupies a new transnational mining site?
(a) Ursula's.
(b) Frank's.
(c) Jan's.
(d) Hiroko's.

13. What is raging beside the rover that is run aground?
(a) Volcanoes.
(b) Maya.
(c) A flood.
(d) Tempers.

14. Who is the friend of Hiroko that hates terraforming?
(a) The Preacher.
(b) The Writer.
(c) The Coyote.
(d) The Rover.

15. Who suits up to clear the area after the rover is run aground?
(a) Ann.
(b) Maya.
(c) Frank.
(d) Nadia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who spends several months with an Arab caravan, mining, and spending time alone?

2. What is destroyed that causes Ann to panic, fearing for the life of her son?

3. Who sleeps in John's rover, making Frank angry?

4. Where does Frank travel to find that Arkady is leading part of the revolution at Carr Crater?

5. Who is on the treaty commission as a voting party?

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