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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. After leaving Mars and flying through space, where does Boaz and Unk's ship land?

2. Who has leased the Rumfoord estate and is now selling tickets to the materializations?

3. What condition is the space ship in when Malachi, Beatrice, and Chrono board to leave earth?

4. What do Malachi and Beatrice do in the space ship before finally closing the outer door?

5. What has Boaz taken from the space ship to use in his cave home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bee agree to be exiled with Malachi?

2. In terms of his interactions with Winston, what makes Salo unique?

3. As Unk looks out the space ship's window, he sees a message. What does the message say?

4. As Malachi climbs the ladder to the space ship and prepares for his upcoming exile on Titan, why is he weeping?

5. Why did the power plant on Salo's ship develop problems so that Salo had to land on Titan so many years earlier?

6. As Unk's ship lands on Earth, what is the one desire that is driving Unk on?

7. What purpose does Constant's journey from Earth to Mars to Mercury and back to Earth serve for Rumfoord?

8. What true purpose does the Martian commandos' attack serve?

9. What is the "taste of hell" that the Martian commandos rain down on Earth?

10. What makes Bee different from all of the other souvenir sellers that came from Mars?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Malachi's lifestyle and personality characteristics at the following points in the story:

a. At the beginning of the story when Malachi is first invited to meet Winston.

b. After Malachi learns he is broke.

c. When Malachi is known as Unk.

d. When Malachi is exiled to Titan.

Essay Topic 2

When stranded on Titan, Malachi originally begins to attempt to fix Salo because he wants Chrono to be able to spend his remaining days on Earth. In the end, while Malachi chooses to return to Earth, there are several characters who are quite content to abandon their home planet.

a. Compare and contrast Beatrice, who chooses to leave Earth, and Boaz, who chooses to remain on Mercury.

b. Compare and contrast Boaz and Chrono, who both decline to return to Earth when they have the chance to go back.

Essay Topic 3

The author uses irony throughout the story to highlight various situations. For example, Rumfoord uses Malachi to further his own purposes and yet Rumfoord is being used by Salo to further the delivery of Salo's replacement part to Titan. Identify at least three situations where the author has used irony to highlight themes in the book.

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