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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 bombards the crew, creating a storm and making the crew members bond?
(a) Fight.
(b) Hurricane.
(c) Solar flare.
(d) Jet stream.

2. How many of the final hundred that would travel to Mars as the first colonizers are Russian?
(a) 35.
(b) 55.
(c) 45.
(d) 40.

3. Who does Maya find intriguing more than attractive?
(a) John.
(b) Frank.
(c) Ursula.
(d) Hiroko.

4. Who does Nadia get angry with after discovering that the terraforming of Mars has begun?
(a) John.
(b) Arkady.
(c) Frank.
(d) Jezebel.

5. Who develops a new calendar to track the 668 day Martian year?
(a) The crew.
(b) Nadia.
(c) The astronauts.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. Frank seeks out ______ to talk with but gets interrupted by sounds of violence.

2. In terms of ecological economics, what does the landscape religion promote about an individual in the society?

3. Who discovers John's body outside the dome?

4. After the landing of what spaceships, did humans learn about Mars?

5. Who plans to fertilize her eggs using sperm from all the men on the Ares?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Maya get involved sexually with John?

2. What is areophany and how is it in tune with nature?

3. How does Nadia recognize that their technology is advanced and causes changes to Mars?

4. How is population size controlled within the GEM and how does it adapt to plant life?

5. How is Maya described in Part 2?

6. How does Nadia lose her finger?

7. What are the major themes of Red Mars by Robinson?

8. Why are GEMS made by the scientists?

9. How does the Ares crew build a calendar?

10. Why does Frank wear a mask during the celebration, and how does it make him feel?

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