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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. Who made the prediction that Mars would become an altered planet by the new settlers?
(a) Stendahl
(b) Teece
(c) Williams
(d) Spendor

2. What do the two men discussing the war believe will happen to the people who are living on Mars?
(a) They will refuse to return to Earth
(b) They will find another planet on which to hide
(c) They will all be killed
(d) They will return to Earth

3. What new portion of civilization does the author indicate has begun to settle on Mars?
(a) Ethnicities
(b) Non-American settlers
(c) Sophisticates
(d) Middle class

4. Where do the boys hike?
(a) Mountains of ashes from the burnt bodies
(b) Newest deserted Martian towns
(c) Crystal mountains
(d) White snow covered mountains

5. Which of the following characters believes he is the last human being left on Mars?
(a) Father Peregrine
(b) Walter Gripp
(c) Genevieve Selsor
(d) Sam Parkhill

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does William show the family Martians?

2. What is reported to have happened to a man named Nomland who lived near the canal?

3. In which Poe story was the death the same as the manner in which the real Garrett died?

4. Who bans Stendahl from building the house on Earth?

5. Where does Walter Gripp live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the boys when they return to their homes after playing the sick game with the dead Martians?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. For what was the town called Red Town named?

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

10. What does Stendahl reply when asked what he is planning to do with the house?

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