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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state does the story open?
(a) Ohio
(b) Wisconsin
(c) Pennsylvania
(d) Illinois

2. What do the residents nickname the season?
(a) Rocket Summer
(b) Rocket Winter
(c) Rocket Melt
(d) Rocket Season

3. What does the captain believe the Martians can teach the men?
(a) How to party and have fun
(b) How to build great buildings
(c) How to be humble and civilized
(d) How to rebuild a population base

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

5. What does Muhe try to explain to Gomez?
(a) That stars are the key to the universe
(b) How to drink the wine from the canals
(c) How to build a praying mantis machine
(d) That the Martian race is not dead

6. What happens on Mars to dissipate loneliness?
(a) Crime and criminal activity increase
(b) More people come
(c) Governmental control is not present
(d) Martians are welcoming

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

8. How many men constitute the crew of the third expedition?
(a) 16
(b) 12
(c) 5
(d) 15

9. What threatens Earth and changes the make-up of the second wave?
(a) Invasion
(b) War
(c) Famine
(d) Plague

10. From where was the rocket launched?
(a) Space center
(b) Field
(c) House roof
(d) Airport

11. Which of the following descriptions does the author use to describe the construction crews?
(a) Plague carrying monsters
(b) Steel-toothed carnivores
(c) T-rex dinosaurs
(d) Termite infestations

12. What is the agreement that Williams has signed?
(a) Euthanasia
(b) Insanity
(c) Lodging
(d) Recreation

13. What type of background do most of the Americans come from who colonize Mars?
(a) Working class
(b) Poverty
(c) Deprived
(d) Cultured

14. What do the carpenters begin doing on Mars?
(a) Building towns that look like those on Earth
(b) Making wooden structures to hold the Martians
(c) Building foundations for the Martian homes
(d) Demolishing Martian structures

15. Where is the ship to land according to Ylla?
(a) Green Apples
(b) Green Pond
(c) Green Acres
(d) Green Valley

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. and Mrs. K are ____________.

2. What makes the sound which startles Gomez as he gets out of the car and watches the Martian night?

3. Why does Driscoll feel it is imperative to oxygenate the atmosphere of Mars?

4. What does Ylla use to cook the evening meal?

5. Which adjectives describe how Spendor thinks the first night should be spent?

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