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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) That the Martian race is not dead
(d) How to build a praying mantis machine

2. How many Martian cities were wiped out by the chicken pox?
(a) 1 out of 8
(b) 7 out of 8
(c) 4 out of 5
(d) 9 out of 10

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

4. When was this novel written?
(a) 1960s
(b) 1950s
(c) 1930s
(d) 1940s

5. What happens to the land?
(a) Catches on fire
(b) Remains frozen
(c) Becomes soaked
(d) Forms a large crator

6. What do the children recite?
(a) Oaths
(b) Songs
(c) Rhymes
(d) Cuss words

7. What does this chapter show the beginning of?
(a) Destruction of the Earth civilization
(b) Mars colonization
(c) Murderous thoughts
(d) Mental breakdowns

8. What does Ylla sleep upon?
(a) Wine
(b) Lava
(c) Mists
(d) Cushions

9. What type of relatives do crew members find in the town?
(a) Deceased
(b) Second or third cousins
(c) Elderly
(d) None

10. Which of the following characters first indicated that the Earthlings would drastically alter Mars?
(a) Driscoll
(b) Williams
(c) Gomez
(d) Spendor

11. What did the women do to help make the Martian towns seem more like home?
(a) Pollute them
(b) Decorate them
(c) Paint them
(d) Destroy all things Martian

12. Mr. and Mrs. K are ____________.
(a) From Mars
(b) From Illinois
(c) From Ohio
(d) From Pennsylvania

13. How does Driscoll oxygenate Mars?
(a) Planting trees
(b) Releasing oxygen tanks
(c) Removing all of the native fruit plants
(d) Draining the canals

14. What does Black believe the Martians used to project images into reality?
(a) Telepathy
(b) Pscychosis
(c) Schizophrenia
(d) Hypnosis

15. Why does Ylla's husband say that it is impossible for individuals to live on Earth?
(a) Too much heat
(b) Too much oxygen
(c) Too much cold
(d) Too far away

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Martians read?

2. What is the agreement that Williams has signed?

3. Which term best describes how Mars is being colonized in relation to Earth?

4. What dilemma do Williams and his crew face?

5. What happens to many women that night?

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