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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What sport are the children engaging in during January of 1999?
(a) Roller skating
(b) Swimming
(c) Sledding
(d) Bowling

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

5. What rises over Mars?
(a) Moon
(b) Green star
(c) Rocket ship
(d) Sun

6. What was Driscoll given to help him plant seeds across Mars?
(a) Shovel
(b) Garden hoe
(c) Motorcycle
(d) Pick axe

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

8. How many days did Driscoll spend planting thousands of seeds?
(a) 30
(b) 50
(c) 5
(d) 10

9. What dilemma do Williams and his crew face?
(a) Proving themselves to be Martians
(b) Communicating through telepathy
(c) Proving the distance between Mars and Earth
(d) Proving themselves not to be psychotic

10. Which of the following terms best describes the dreams experienced during August of 1999?
(a) Reassuring
(b) Enlightening
(c) Foreboding
(d) Surprising

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

12. What position does Mr. Xxx hold?
(a) Psychologist
(b) Scientist
(c) Doctor
(d) Explorer

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

14. What type of coats are the mothers in the chapter wearing?
(a) Fur
(b) Down
(c) Rain
(d) Leather

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ylla dream of?

2. What season is it when the story opens?

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

4. What are the canals filled with?

5. How do the settlers of Mars come?

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