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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. Who puts the pesticides on Selim's shirt without Selim's knowledge?
(a) Frank.
(b) Sax.
(c) Ursula.
(d) Maya.

2. Who is homesick and awakened by calls from Phyllis about Maya?
(a) Jan.
(b) Michel.
(c) John.
(d) James.

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

4. Who has approved the dispatch of GEMs?
(a) UNICEF.
(b) UNESCO.
(c) UNITED.
(d) UNOMA.

5. How many rooms does the space ship carrying the colonizers have?
(a) 200.
(b) 100.
(c) 300.
(d) 500.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose disappearance foreshadows problems for the farm group?

2. Who are against prospecting on Mars?

3. Who has to take a drill simulation job?

4. Who gets angry about the attempt to block the Arabs during the writing of the new Mars treaty?

5. Who is given a mask during the celebration in town after the speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did people learn about life on other planets, according to the first chapter?

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

3. Why does Selim get angry after talking to Frank about John?

4. How does the Ares crew build a calendar?

5. Why does Nadia get furious when she sees the broken heating element?

6. Where is John's body found, and why can't Frank revive him?

7. How are the first hundred colonists selected to go to Mars?

8. How does Frank fool Selim, and how does Selim respond when Frank speaks badly of John to him for a second time?

9. Why does Maya think she is hallucinating in the fields?

10. How is Nadia described in Part 3 as a problem solver?

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