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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Mars become with the arrival of the elderly?
(a) A microcosm of Martian society
(b) Overburdeoned
(c) A generational society
(d) A copy of Earth

2. What does William Stendahl hope to recreate on Mars?
(a) Edgar Allen Poe's personal home
(b) Washington monument
(c) House of Usher
(d) White House

3. How do the fathers punish the boys when they return home?
(a) Praise them
(b) Punish them using time out
(c) Encourage them to continue to play the game
(d) Punish them with beatings

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

5. What does Father Peregrine purchase on his way out of the shop?
(a) Nothing
(b) Ticket to Earth
(c) Valise
(d) Luggage rack

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Gripp drive to get away from Selsor?

2. Which continent was obliterated according to the messages?

3. What does William tell his family was taking over the Earth way of life?

4. What tax was abolished?

5. Which of the following characters offers to take Silly's place as a worker?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think LaFarge hears in the backyard and why does he bolt the door and not explore the noise?

2. Describe the game the young Earth boys play that disturbs and disgusts the parents.

3. What is the author's purpose in including such a small chapter simply about elderly people making the move to Mars?

4. What does the family do to keep warm on its first night on Mars and what does it symbolize?

5. How does the author let the reader know that the family that once lived in the autonomously run house has been killed in the atomic blast?

6. Why does Teece want the townsfolk to call the governor when he sees the black men and women heading toward the rockets?

7. Why do the owner of the luggage store and Father Peregrine believe that people will no longer be coming to Mars?

8. Describe how Genevieve appears to Gripp the first time he sees her and how does this compare to his imagination?

9. What is ironic about the way the real Garrett and the house itself are destroyed? What does Stendahl tell Garrett about his demise?

10. Why do you believe Father Peregrine purchases a new valise before he leaves the luggage store?

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