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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What sport are the children engaging in during January of 1999?
(a) Bowling
(b) Swimming
(c) Sledding
(d) Roller skating
2. What does Muhe try to explain to Gomez?
(a) That the Martian race is not dead
(b) How to build a praying mantis machine
(c) How to drink the wine from the canals
(d) That stars are the key to the universe
3. Which of the following terms best describes the dreams experienced during August of 1999?
(a) Reassuring
(b) Surprising
(c) Enlightening
(d) Foreboding
4. Which current meteorological term could be used to describe the climate changes experienced during January of 1999?
(a) Blizzard
(b) Global warming
(c) Seasonal Interlude
(d) Flooding
5. What year does the woman claim it is when they arrive at the Marian town of 'Green Bluff'?
(a) 1940
(b) 2000
(c) 1926
(d) 1999
6. What does Ylla use to cook the evening meal?
(a) Wine
(b) Ice
(c) Nothing
(d) Lava
7. What is the agreement that Williams has signed?
(a) Euthanasia
(b) Insanity
(c) Lodging
(d) Recreation
8. Who is Pritchard?
(a) The Governor of Ohio
(b) A taxpayer from Ohio
(c) A Martian
(d) An astronaut
9. How many Martian cities were wiped out by the chicken pox?
(a) 4 out of 5
(b) 1 out of 8
(c) 7 out of 8
(d) 9 out of 10
10. Where is the ship to land according to Ylla?
(a) Green Pond
(b) Green Valley
(c) Green Acres
(d) Green Apples
11. Which of the following terms best describes how Williams feels when Mrs. Ttt slams the door in his face?
(a) Bewildered
(b) Excited
(c) Surprised
(d) Angered
12. How do the guards classify the first two attempts to head toward Mars?
(a) Successes
(b) On-going
(c) Mistakes
(d) Failures
13. In what state does the story open?
(a) Ohio
(b) Illinois
(c) Pennsylvania
(d) Wisconsin
14. What do many of the Earthlings headed for Mars feel a need to escape?
(a) Governmental control
(b) Poor environment
(c) Marriages
(d) Loneliness
15. What does Ylla sleep upon?
(a) Cushions
(b) Mists
(c) Wine
(d) Lava
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Muhe indicate that Gomez is from?
2. Mr. and Mrs. K are ____________.
3. How does Driscoll oxygenate Mars?
4. How would you describe the feeling of all of the Martians during this time of singing foreign tunes?
5. How do the Martians communicate with the Earthlings?
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