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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through August 1999: The Earth Men.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does the book open?
(a) 2000
(b) 1999
(c) 2001
(d) 1998

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

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

4. What happens to many women that night?
(a) Get pregnant
(b) Run out of their own own homes
(c) Awake from dreams
(d) Rape

5. Who comes to visit the explorers the next morning?
(a) Mr. Aaa
(b) Mr. Ccc
(c) Mr. Xxx
(d) Mr. Ttt

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Martians communicate with the Earthlings?

2. Where were Williams and his crew members placed?

3. What does Ylla's husband use to take them to town?

4. What do the residents nickname the season?

5. What happens to the land?

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