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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Martians present Sam with which makes Sam delirious with delight?
(a) Sand ships
(b) Land deeds
(c) Hot dog supplies
(d) Weapons

2. What does Teece tell Belter will happen to the rocket?
(a) It will not ever take off as it does not have fuel
(b) He will shoot the rocket destroying it
(c) It will land on a different planet from Mars
(d) Explode on launch

3. What surprise do Sam and Elma find in the rear seat of their own sand ship?
(a) A Martian female
(b) Their dead son
(c) A government official
(d) The same Martian male they had just killed

4. Who does LaFarge and his wife find in their backyard one rainy night?
(a) Edgar Allen Poe
(b) Their dead son, Tom
(c) A Martian couple
(d) A government official

5. What does Hathaway do to celebrate what he believes is his eminent rescue?
(a) Digs for archeological remains
(b) Prays at the graveyard
(c) Sets the town of New New York on fire
(d) Opens a bottle of wine

6. What happens at 9:00?
(a) Settlers gather and destroy all Martians
(b) Earth begins to burn
(c) Mars catches on fire
(d) The Earth explodes

7. Where does William show the family Martians?
(a) Reflection in the canal
(b) In the graveyards
(c) In the mountains
(d) In the historical buildings

8. 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) It is run by timers
(c) With the use of the robots
(d) Without the use of machines

9. What happened to the McClellans?
(a) They are on the rocket on its way back from Mars
(b) The moved to another Earth town
(c) They moved to Mars
(d) They died

10. How long does Gripp drive to get away from Selsor?
(a) Four days and nights
(b) Six days and nights
(c) Five days and nights
(d) Three days and nights

11. What destroys the central computer?
(a) Fire
(b) Water
(c) Martians
(d) Atomic war

12. Which word below describes what the boys realize about their game?
(a) It is disgusting
(b) It will go on forever
(c) It would be shameful to their parents
(d) It is limited

13. What animal kills Garrett as he comes to investigate the House of Usher?
(a) Couger
(b) Ape
(c) Snake
(d) Lion

14. What news just reached Mars about Earth in this chapter?
(a) More people are relocating to Mars
(b) Mars is to be destroyed by those left on Earth
(c) Earth is going to war
(d) Earth has been destroyed

15. What traps Tom?
(a) Women
(b) Martians
(c) Memories
(d) Men

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made the prediction that Mars would become an altered planet by the new settlers?

2. What ethnicity is fleeing Earth for Mars in this chapter?

3. Who did the Pioneers bring next to Mars?

4. Where do Sam and his wife Elma open their shop?

5. What kind of pain does Hathaway suffer from during this chapter?

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