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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What happened to the McClellans?
(a) They moved to Mars
(b) They are on the rocket on its way back from Mars
(c) The moved to another Earth town
(d) They died
2. Which of the following does Stendahl not blame for for the small laws which he feels prevent him from doing what he would like to do?
(a) Religion
(b) Unions
(c) Martians
(d) Political biases
3. Who made the prediction that Mars would become an altered planet by the new settlers?
(a) Stendahl
(b) Teece
(c) Williams
(d) Spendor
4. What term does the author use to describe the elderly?
(a) Seasoned people
(b) Useless people
(c) Mummy people
(d) Unwanted people
5. What traps Tom?
(a) Martians
(b) Memories
(c) Men
(d) Women
6. What did Silly say that Teece remarked was a triumph for Teece himself?
(a) Mister
(b) No more lynchings
(c) I'm leaving
(d) Death to whites
7. What new portion of civilization does the author indicate has begun to settle on Mars?
(a) Ethnicities
(b) Middle class
(c) Sophisticates
(d) Non-American settlers
8. Where do Sam and his wife Elma open their shop?
(a) Beside where the rockets land
(b) Near the luggage shop
(c) In line with the mineral deposits
(d) Beside the canal
9. What has killed most of the Martians?
(a) Rocket ships
(b) Themselves (suicide)
(c) Chicken pox
(d) Fire
10. What is reported to have happened to a man named Nomland who lived near the canal?
(a) Has seen and gone with Martians
(b) Murdered by Tom
(c) Has taken the human form of Tom
(d) Committed suicide
11. What does the word autonomously mean as it is used in the following sentence: The house is designed to function autonomously.
(a) Without human intervention
(b) With the use of the robots
(c) Without the use of machines
(d) It is run by timers
12. Which of the following could best describe how the planet Mars has changed?
(a) It has become more and more ethnically divided
(b) It has become more Earth-like
(c) It has become more and more uncontrollable
(d) It has become polluted
13. What does Hathaway do to celebrate what he believes is his eminent rescue?
(a) Sets the town of New New York on fire
(b) Prays at the graveyard
(c) Digs for archeological remains
(d) Opens a bottle of wine
14. What does William Stendahl hope to recreate on Mars?
(a) Edgar Allen Poe's personal home
(b) House of Usher
(c) Washington monument
(d) White House
15. What happens to the Martian who continually shifts into the form of deceased loved ones or enemies?
(a) Moves in with Lavinia's family
(b) Dies
(c) Takes the form of Tom forever
(d) Moves away
Short Answer Questions
1. What was at the end of each Morse-code message?
2. What does the family burn to keep warm at night?
3. How did Father Peregrine describe the fighting during the war in China when he was a boy?
4. Which continent was obliterated according to the messages?
5. With what does Sam threaten the Martian?
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