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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through June 2003: Way in the Middle of the Air.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which emotion or feeling best describes the feeling of most of the Martians in August of 1999?
(a) Surprise
(b) Enlightenment
(c) Terror
(d) Relief

2. Why does the woman singing on the stage run away frightened?
(a) She does not recognize the words she sang
(b) She does not know the other person on the stage
(c) She is afraid of the people looking at her
(d) She is afraid of the men who are approaching the stage

3. Which of the following characters offers to take Silly's place as a worker?
(a) Belter
(b) Teece
(c) Grandpa Quartermain
(d) Silly

4. Which group seems to be most affected by the happenings on Mars?
(a) Well-educated
(b) Men
(c) Women
(d) Children

5. How many days did Driscoll spend planting thousands of seeds?
(a) 50
(b) 10
(c) 5
(d) 30

Short Answer Questions

1. The second waves constitute people that are from ______________.

2. How would you describe the feeling of all of the Martians during this time of singing foreign tunes?

3. Who was the leader of the third expedition?

4. How do the settlers of Mars come?

5. What did Silly say that Teece remarked was a triumph for Teece himself?

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