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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Black believe the Martians used to project images into reality?
(a) Schizophrenia
(b) Telepathy
(c) Pscychosis
(d) Hypnosis

2. How do the Martians read?
(a) By listening to songs
(b) Through telepathy
(c) Out loud
(d) Moving fingers over raised letters

3. Which current meteorological term could be used to describe the climate changes experienced during January of 1999?
(a) Seasonal Interlude
(b) Blizzard
(c) Global warming
(d) Flooding

4. What does Gomez think the night smells like, but isn't sure that it really has a smell?
(a) Daylight
(b) Wonder
(c) Time
(d) Nighttime

5. Where is the ship to land according to Ylla?
(a) Green Acres
(b) Green Pond
(c) Green Apples
(d) Green Valley

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

7. What is Driscoll doing when he first begins to feel the rain?
(a) Riding his motorcycle
(b) Digging holes
(c) Planting trees
(d) Lying by the fire

8. What happens on Mars to dissipate loneliness?
(a) Martians are welcoming
(b) Governmental control is not present
(c) Crime and criminal activity increase
(d) More people come

9. What does the audience feel in the air?
(a) Chill
(b) Heat
(c) Water
(d) Wine

10. What does Ylla's husband use to take them to town?
(a) Rockets
(b) Fire birds
(c) Vehicle
(d) Boats

11. When was this novel written?
(a) 1950s
(b) 1940s
(c) 1930s
(d) 1960s

12. Which of the following characters first indicated that the Earthlings would drastically alter Mars?
(a) Driscoll
(b) Gomez
(c) Spendor
(d) Williams

13. Why does Ylla agree to stay home?
(a) To wait for Captain York
(b) To entertain a guest
(c) To aovid Yll
(d) To make Yll happy and avoid a fight

14. How many cities are constructed on Mars?
(a) 12
(b) 15
(c) 10
(d) 5

15. Who is Pritchard?
(a) A taxpayer from Ohio
(b) An astronaut
(c) A Martian
(d) The Governor of Ohio

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the woman singing on the stage run away frightened?

2. What do the Martians gather to do?

3. What does Mr. Xxx declare Williams?

4. Where did the construction materials for the colonization of Mars come from?

5. What do the carpenters begin doing on Mars?

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