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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 does Sam Parkhill open on Mars that is the first of its kind?
(a) Luggage store
(b) Hot dog stand
(c) Travel agency
(d) Convience market

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

3. 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 and more uncontrollable
(c) It has become polluted
(d) It has become more Earth-like

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

5. What does William say was the downfall of Earth?
(a) Government
(b) Greed
(c) Technology
(d) Financial institutions

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Thomas family tell people they were going to Mars?

2. What has Mars become with the arrival of the elderly?

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

4. Why did Selsor stay behind on Mars?

5. After what do the settlers on Mars rename the Martian landscape?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes the destruction of the house and how does the house react?

2. What does Teece see as a victory at the end of the chapter even though the blacks had gotten into the rockets and have left Earth?

3. Why does LaFarge continually question Tom about his presence and what happens when he does?

4. How do the people on Earth send messages to the people on Mars and what message repeats constantly?

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

6. What comes to Mars that many of the Earth people particularly left Earth to escape?

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

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

9. Why do Sam and his wife escape into the sand ship and what leads them to return to their hotdog stand?

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

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