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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 do Doug and his parents have to drink the first evening that Father is home?
(a) Sweet tea.
(b) Juice.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Chocolate milk.

2. How old is Peter?
(a) 8.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 10.

3. What does the narrator in "The Last Night of the World" pour himself to drink at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Juice.
(b) Tea.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Milk.

4. Who comes to look at the nursery?
(a) Bob Mitchell.
(b) Alex Franklin.
(c) Charles Wansor.
(d) David McClean.

5. How many of the men's friends are dead back on the rocket they had landed on Venus?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the narrator have a dream in "The Last Night of the World"?

2. How much does Willie believe that the whites should be paid an hour?

3. How old does Hernando believe the driver of the last vehicle is?

4. Who does the mayor say broke a leg and was rescued by the blue lights?

5. How long does the Illustrated Man usually keep a job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was the artist who tattooed the Illustrated Man?

2. What happened to the first Sun Dome that the men found?

3. Why couldn't the men collect themselves and formulate a plan?

4. What has the nursery become to the children?

5. Why does the narrator believe that October 19, 1969, was chosen as the last night of the world?

6. How does the narrator in "The Last Night of the World" say that the world will end?

7. Why was it unusual that a car had not driven along the highway for more than an hour?

8. What does David McClean recommend that George and Lydia do with the nursery?

9. Why doesn't Doug's mother allow him to mow the lawn or fix anything around the house?

10. Will Captain Hart ever find the man?

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