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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. Which of the following characters was the archeologist?
(a) Hinkston
(b) York
(c) Lustig
(d) Black

2. Which of the following characters offers to take Silly's place as a worker?
(a) Grandpa Quartermain
(b) Silly
(c) Belter
(d) Teece

3. What season is it when the story opens?
(a) Summer
(b) Spring
(c) Fall
(d) Winter

4. Which of the following could best describe how the planet Mars has changed?
(a) It has become polluted
(b) It has become more and more ethnically divided
(c) It has become more Earth-like
(d) It has become more and more uncontrollable

5. What traps Tom?
(a) Martians
(b) Men
(c) Memories
(d) Women

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made the prediction that Mars would become an altered planet by the new settlers?

2. What destroys the central computer?

3. How does Gomez come to think of his discussion with Muhe?

4. Mr. and Mrs. K are ____________.

5. What news just reached Mars about Earth in this chapter?

(see the answer key)

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