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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. Who is Pritchard?
(a) The Governor of Ohio
(b) A taxpayer from Ohio
(c) A Martian
(d) An astronaut

2. Where do the boys hike?
(a) Newest deserted Martian towns
(b) Mountains of ashes from the burnt bodies
(c) White snow covered mountains
(d) Crystal mountains

3. What destroys the central computer?
(a) Fire
(b) Atomic war
(c) Water
(d) Martians

4. What does Mr. Xxx declare Williams?
(a) Non-curable
(b) Sane
(c) An earthling
(d) A excellent skilled Martian

5. What new portion of civilization does the author indicate has begun to settle on Mars?
(a) Middle class
(b) Ethnicities
(c) Non-American settlers
(d) Sophisticates

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ylla's husband say that it is impossible for individuals to live on Earth?

2. Where did the war tthat Father Peregrine discussed with the proprietor of the luggage store take place?

3. What do the residents nickname the season?

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

5. Which of the following is a synonym for exodus as used in the following sentence? Rather than building a new civilization, the mass exodus from Earth is simply rebuilding the Earth.

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