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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. From what do the blue light Martians rescue Father Peregrine and Father Stone?
(a) A lightning storm.
(b) A hail storm.
(c) Falling down a cliff
(d) An avalanche.

2. At the beginning of "Rocket Man", what time does the boy go to bed?
(a) 9 p.m.
(b) 11 p.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 10 p.m.

3. How much did the Happylife Home cost?
(a) $30,000.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $75,000.
(d) $50,000.

4. What present did Doug's father bring his mother one time?
(a) Ore from Callisto.
(b) Martian rocks.
(c) Moon rocks.
(d) Martian sunflowers.

5. Who does the mayor say broke a leg and was rescued by the blue lights?
(a) A day laborer.
(b) A prospector.
(c) A miner
(d) A mechanic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair do the girls have in "The Last Night of the World"?

2. How long has Doug's father been going off into space?

3. What time do the man and woman go to bed in "The Last Night of the World"?

4. How long has it been since a rocket has landed?

5. How many years has it been since the Illustrated Man had a job that lasted?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the driver of the ancient Ford tell Hernando has happened?

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

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

4. What will the narrator miss when the world ends?

5. What is a Sun Dome?

6. Why does the mayor believe that the Fathers should minister in First Town?

7. How has the Illustrated Man tried to remove the illustrations?

8. What has the nursery become to the children?

9. Why do the townspeople not come when the rocket lands on the planet?

10. Why didn't the white people follow the black people to Mars?

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