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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Hitchcock to smoke a packet of cigarettes?

2. Where do Mary and Henry Morris hide from the children at five o'clock?

3. Where does Clemens's girl live?

4. How far are Hitchcock and Clemens from Earth?

5. Why does Mary Morris's friend Helen call her?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Exiles", what did the captain dream every night until the week they took off from Earth?

2. What does Mr. Machen say would happen to the banned authors if all their works were destroyed?

3. What does Hitchcock do at the end of the chapter?

4. Why has the city waited twenty thousand years for men from Earth?

5. Why did Hitchcock decide to go into space?

6. What did the city do to the captain of the rocket ship?

7. Why does Ettil believe that a Martian invasion of Earth will fail?

8. How did William Travis kill Mr. Simms?

9. What does Braling 2 do with Braling?

10. Why are men exiled to Mars in "The Visitor"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "The Veldt", technology becomes dangerous. Discuss the threat of ever-increasing technology, using examples from the story.

Essay Topic 2

Argue whether the Martians win or the people of earth win when the Martians invade the earth in "The Concrete Mixer". Use examples from the story to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the fireworks Father Peregrine saw as a child to the beings on Mars. Use examples from the story.

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