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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through December 2001: The Green Morning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Martians read?
(a) Out loud
(b) By listening to songs
(c) Through telepathy
(d) Moving fingers over raised letters

2. Why does Driscoll feel it is imperative to oxygenate the atmosphere of Mars?
(a) To eliminate the Martians
(b) So it can support more Earthlings
(c) The air is thin
(d) To make the scenery more like Earth

3. Which of the following is the reader led to assume in this chapter?
(a) Mankind will begin to change Mars
(b) Mankind will learn to respect plants and life
(c) Earthlings and Martians will form tight bonds
(d) Martians will accept Earthlings

4. When was this novel written?
(a) 1930s
(b) 1940s
(c) 1960s
(d) 1950s

5. Which current meteorological term could be used to describe the climate changes experienced during January of 1999?
(a) Global warming
(b) Seasonal Interlude
(c) Blizzard
(d) Flooding

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How would you describe the feeling of all of the Martians during this time of singing foreign tunes?

3. Who does Ylla dream of?

4. What dilemma do Williams and his crew face?

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

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