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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the audience feel in the air?
(a) Water
(b) Wine
(c) Chill
(d) Heat

2. Which of the following characters first indicated that the Earthlings would drastically alter Mars?
(a) Spendor
(b) Williams
(c) Gomez
(d) Driscoll

3. How many Martian cities were wiped out by the chicken pox?
(a) 1 out of 8
(b) 7 out of 8
(c) 4 out of 5
(d) 9 out of 10

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

5. Which word below describes what the boys realize about their game?
(a) It will go on forever
(b) It is limited
(c) It would be shameful to their parents
(d) It is disgusting

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hathaway do to celebrate what he believes is his eminent rescue?

2. What does this chapter show the beginning of?

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

4. Who comes to visit the explorers the next morning?

5. What is reported to have happened to a man named Nomland who lived near the canal?

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