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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through June 2003: Way in the Middle of the Air.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the leader of the third expedition?
(a) Williams
(b) Black
(c) Pritchard
(d) York

2. Why does the woman singing on the stage run away frightened?
(a) She does not recognize the words she sang
(b) She is afraid of the men who are approaching the stage
(c) She does not know the other person on the stage
(d) She is afraid of the people looking at her

3. What is Driscoll doing when he first begins to feel the rain?
(a) Riding his motorcycle
(b) Digging holes
(c) Lying by the fire
(d) Planting trees

4. Which of the following characters offers to take Silly's place as a worker?
(a) Teece
(b) Belter
(c) Silly
(d) Grandpa Quartermain

5. What do the Martians gather to do?
(a) Celebrate a famous holiday
(b) Listen to the rocket land
(c) Hear musicians play
(d) Watch a play

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Driscoll feel it is imperative to oxygenate the atmosphere of Mars?

2. What are the canals filled with?

3. What did Silly say that Teece remarked was a triumph for Teece himself?

4. Which of the following characters was the archeologist?

5. Which emotion or feeling best describes the feeling of most of the Martians in August of 1999?

(see the answer key)

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