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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Muhe indicate that Gomez is from?
(a) Future
(b) Past
(c) Non-reality
(d) Present

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

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

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

6. What season is it when the story opens?
(a) Summer
(b) Spring
(c) Winter
(d) Fall

7. Which insect does the author use to describe the rockets landing on Mars?
(a) Flies
(b) Bees
(c) Locusts
(d) Maggots

8. What is Pritchard afraid of?
(a) Martians
(b) Police
(c) Space travel
(d) Atomic war on Earth

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

10. How do the settlers of Mars come?
(a) Pairs
(b) Individually
(c) Crowds
(d) Waves

11. What are the canals filled with?
(a) Orange wine
(b) Green wine
(c) Silver wine
(d) Red wine

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

13. Which group seems to be most affected by the happenings on Mars?
(a) Well-educated
(b) Children
(c) Women
(d) Men

14. How do the first settlers feel as the begin to colonize Mars?
(a) Happy
(b) Unsettled
(c) Lonely
(d) Relieved

15. What year does the woman claim it is when they arrive at the Marian town of 'Green Bluff'?
(a) 1999
(b) 1940
(c) 2000
(d) 1926

Short Answer Questions

1. Which current meteorological term could be used to describe the climate changes experienced during January of 1999?

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

3. What sport are the children engaging in during January of 1999?

4. How many cities are constructed on Mars?

5. Which of the following descriptions does the author use to describe the construction crews?

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