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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through August 2005: The Old Ones.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people moved to Mars from Earth?
(a) 90,000
(b) 900
(c) 900,000
(d) 9,000

2. What year does the woman claim it is when they arrive at the Marian town of 'Green Bluff'?
(a) 1926
(b) 2000
(c) 1940
(d) 1999

3. What does Ylla's husband use to take them to town?
(a) Boats
(b) Vehicle
(c) Rockets
(d) Fire birds

4. What does Pritchard want to do?
(a) Go in the rocket
(b) Watch the rocket take off
(c) Stop the rocekt from launching
(d) Hold a violent protest against space travel

5. How is Pritchard hauled away from the rocket?
(a) Straight jacket
(b) Police wagon
(c) Asylum wagon
(d) Hearse

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the book open?

2. What do the parents of the boys do when the boys return home?

3. What does Teece tell Belter will happen to the rocket?

4. What does the captain believe the Martians can teach the men?

5. How do the guards classify the first two attempts to head toward Mars?

(see the answer key)

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