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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. What does Jubal think about Michael and the women?

2. Who breaks into Jubal's house when he's talking to Douglas?

3. What does Jubal do after the police are gone?

4. What does Michael ultimately do about the police?

5. What does Michael prove when he does time in the military?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Michael feel about a police officer leaving the vehicle and what does he do?

2. How does Jubal realize Michael has experienced sex and what does he think its done for Michael?

3. What does Michael do when an officer tries to arrest Jill?

4. What does Duke tell Ben about Michael's church?

5. What was in the note Douglas sent Jubal during Michael's speech?

6. What does Michael do right when the police arrive and right after they are there?

7. What does Michael learn about money and what does he do with some of his?

8. Who meets Michael and the rest at the Fosterite church and what does Michael do with the slot machines?

9. What does Jubal have Michael do during the Martian anthem and how does Michael address the assembly?

10. What does Jubal tell Secretary Douglas about Michael and what does Douglas do with his forces?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jubal Hershaw is a savvy and cantankerous old man with a heart of gold. He definitely barks but only bites those who deserve it. When Jill shows up with Michael, Jubal does not hesitate to invite them to stay, mostly because he finds the Man from Mars a very interesting subject in a world that has not interested him for a good many years.

1. What character traits are interesting about Jubal Hershaw? Would you like him if you met him in real life? Why or why not?

2. If you were in trouble who would you go, as Jill did, to Jubal Hershaw? Why would you go to that person? Would the person you would seek out for help resemble Jubal in any way?

Essay Topic 2

Jubal feels that English is the most powerful of languages, because it borrows from every conceivable source, while the others keep to strict rules or are controlled by a central language academy.

1. Discuss what you think this statement means.

2. Do you think a language is a reflection of culture? Why or why not?

3. If you chose to learn another language what would it be and why would you choose it?

Essay Topic 3

Michael reads very quickly, and Jubal's house contains plenty of reading material, but Jill must guide him through the simple conventions of society.

1. What do you think Michael will need to learn in order to live on earth?

2. Do you think it is necessary for Michael to learn to be human? Why or why not?

3. Michael is 25-years-old and studies seem to suggest that by that age most people are incapable of any large changes in how they think, believe, behave, etc. Do you think that is true? Why or why not?

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