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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through November 2005: The Watchers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Muhe try to explain to Gomez?
(a) That stars are the key to the universe
(b) How to build a praying mantis machine
(c) That the Martian race is not dead
(d) How to drink the wine from the canals

2. What does Ylla do in a foreign tongue?
(a) Sings
(b) Moans
(c) Speaks
(d) Reads

3. Which of the following characters was the archeologist?
(a) Black
(b) York
(c) Lustig
(d) Hinkston

4. What is reported to have happened to a man named Nomland who lived near the canal?
(a) Committed suicide
(b) Murdered by Tom
(c) Has taken the human form of Tom
(d) Has seen and gone with Martians

5. Which emotion or feeling best describes the feeling of most of the Martians in August of 1999?
(a) Relief
(b) Enlightenment
(c) Surprise
(d) Terror

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does the woman claim it is when they arrive at the Marian town of 'Green Bluff'?

2. What tragedy happened to LaFarge and his wife?

3. What can the reader infer will be soon to follow on Mars as they are rebuilding a near replica of Earth?

4. Who does Sam demand leave his shop?

5. What do many of the Earthlings headed for Mars feel a need to escape?

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