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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 many Sun Domes are on Venus?

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

3. What crop is growing in the tilled mountain fields?

4. Where is a little boy located who sees Hollis enter Earth's atmosphere?

5. What color ring is tattooed around the Illustrated Man's neck?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Martin say to the Captain when he insists on interrogating the people in the city?

2. What were some scenes that George had seen in the nursery over the last year?

3. How many races are on Mars according to the mayor of First Town?

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

5. Does anyone see Hollis when he hits the atmosphere?

6. Why is Venus sometimes called China?

7. How does the narrator describe the Illustrated Man's tattoos?

8. What does David McClean recommend that George and Lydia do with the nursery?

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

10. How did Hernando get his shoes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the meaning of the idiom "the shoe is on the other foot" as it is used in the story "The Other Foot".

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast what memories mean to Hitchcock and to Clemens in "No Particular Night or Morning".

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the psychological and physical effects that Venus has on men in "The Long Rain".

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