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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the leader of the third expedition?
(a) Pritchard
(b) Williams
(c) Black
(d) York

3. Where did the construction materials for the colonization of Mars come from?
(a) Another planet
(b) Earth
(c) Mars
(d) They were developed and created just for this purpose

4. How many cities are constructed on Mars?
(a) 12
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) 15

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

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

7. What do many of the Earthlings headed for Mars feel a need to escape?
(a) Marriages
(b) Loneliness
(c) Poor environment
(d) Governmental control

8. How old is the house Mr. and Mrs. K live in?
(a) 100-century
(b) 10-century
(c) 1-century
(d) 1000-century

9. Where does the fourth expedition to Mars land?
(a) At the House
(b) Mercury
(c) Dead Sea
(d) Green Valley

10. What happens to the snow?
(a) Turns to rain
(b) Turns to hail
(c) Comes down harder
(d) Reaches blizzard proportions

11. What can Muhe and Gomez not do?
(a) Talk
(b) Believe the other
(c) Communicate
(d) Touch

12. What changes after the rocket is launched?
(a) Mother's actions
(b) House conditions
(c) Children's games
(d) Climate

13. How would you describe the feeling of all of the Martians during this time of singing foreign tunes?
(a) Full of resignation
(b) Full of hot anger
(c) Full of dreams
(d) Full of cold fear

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

15. What melts the image of winter?
(a) Ship landing
(b) Solar flare
(c) Rocket launch
(d) Solar eclipse

Short Answer Questions

1. Which insect does the author use to describe the rockets landing on Mars?

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

3. What do the children recite?

4. What fills the Dead Sea during some seasons?

5. What does Black believe the Martians used to project images into reality?

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