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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ylla do in a foreign tongue?
(a) Sings
(b) Moans
(c) Reads
(d) Speaks

3. From where was the rocket launched?
(a) Space center
(b) Field
(c) Airport
(d) House roof

4. Where did the construction materials for the colonization of Mars come from?
(a) Mars
(b) They were developed and created just for this purpose
(c) Another planet
(d) Earth

5. What are the canals filled with?
(a) Silver wine
(b) Red wine
(c) Orange wine
(d) Green wine

6. What can Muhe and Gomez not do?
(a) Touch
(b) Believe the other
(c) Communicate
(d) Talk

7. Who was the leader of the third expedition?
(a) York
(b) Williams
(c) Black
(d) Pritchard

8. The second waves constitute people that are from ______________.
(a) Small towns
(b) Suburbs
(c) Farming communities
(d) Cities

9. Mr. and Mrs. K are ____________.
(a) From Pennsylvania
(b) From Mars
(c) From Illinois
(d) From Ohio

10. How does Gomez come to think of his discussion with Muhe?
(a) A dream
(b) Prophetic
(c) A relief
(d) Confusing

11. What can the reader infer will be soon to follow on Mars as they are rebuilding a near replica of Earth?
(a) A new start with only the promised changes from Earth
(b) Desire for more people to move to Mars
(c) Same limitations of Earth
(d) Same turmoil that the Martians experienced

12. How do the Martians communicate with the Earthlings?
(a) Through song
(b) Through gestures and signs
(c) Orally
(d) Telepathy

13. What are the amphitheaters made of where the Martians gather?
(a) Wine
(b) Crystal
(c) Marble
(d) Rocks

14. What type of background do most of the Americans come from who colonize Mars?
(a) Cultured
(b) Working class
(c) Deprived
(d) Poverty

15. How old is the house Mr. and Mrs. K live in?
(a) 1000-century
(b) 1-century
(c) 10-century
(d) 100-century

Short Answer Questions

1. When was this novel written?

2. Where is the ship to land according to Ylla?

3. What does this chapter show the beginning of?

4. Who does Ylla dream of?

5. How is Pritchard hauled away from the rocket?

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