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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where does Wilder ask to have Spendor shot?
(a) Chest
(b) Shoulder
(c) Leg
(d) Head
2. How many men constitute the crew of the third expedition?
(a) 5
(b) 12
(c) 15
(d) 16
3. What makes the sound which startles Gomez as he gets out of the car and watches the Martian night?
(a) His great-grandfather
(b) A Martian parade
(c) Praying mantis machine with a Martian driving
(d) Martian gas station attendant
4. What does Pritchard want to do?
(a) Hold a violent protest against space travel
(b) Watch the rocket take off
(c) Stop the rocekt from launching
(d) Go in the rocket
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.
(a) Denial
(b) Trip
(c) Flight
(d) Mass departure
6. What does Muhe try to explain to Gomez?
(a) That the Martian race is not dead
(b) That stars are the key to the universe
(c) How to drink the wine from the canals
(d) How to build a praying mantis machine
7. What do the carpenters begin doing on Mars?
(a) Building foundations for the Martian homes
(b) Building towns that look like those on Earth
(c) Making wooden structures to hold the Martians
(d) Demolishing Martian structures
8. How many cities are constructed on Mars?
(a) 15
(b) 12
(c) 5
(d) 10
9. What is the true name of the planet Mars according to the Martians?
(a) Tour
(b) Mars
(c) AaT
(d) Tyrr
10. What does Ylla do in a foreign tongue?
(a) Speaks
(b) Moans
(c) Sings
(d) Reads
11. Who leads the second Mars expedition?
(a) Ttt
(b) York
(c) Williams
(d) Aaa
12. Which of the following characters was the archeologist?
(a) Lustig
(b) Hinkston
(c) York
(d) Black
13. What does Mr. Aaa call and challenge Mr. Ttt to?
(a) Duel
(b) Song contest
(c) Biking contest
(d) Writing contest
14. What does Biggs do which angers Spendor significantly?
(a) Smokes and drinks and becomes more rowdy
(b) Drops empty bottles in the canal
(c) Attacking his fellow crew mates
(d) Making fun of the Martians
15. How is Pritchard hauled away from the rocket?
(a) Police wagon
(b) Asylum wagon
(c) Straight jacket
(d) Hearse
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ylla's husband use to take them to town?
2. Which of the following is the reader led to assume in this chapter?
3. In what year does the book open?
4. What is Pritchard afraid of?
5. Which group seems to be most affected by the happenings on Mars?
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