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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following could best describe how the planet Mars has changed?
(a) It has become polluted
(b) It has become more and more ethnically divided
(c) It has become more Earth-like
(d) It has become more and more uncontrollable

2. What kind of pain does Hathaway suffer from during this chapter?
(a) Chest
(b) Leg
(c) Arm
(d) Head

3. Where do the boys hike?
(a) White snow covered mountains
(b) Mountains of ashes from the burnt bodies
(c) Newest deserted Martian towns
(d) Crystal mountains

4. What are Hathaway's other family members?
(a) Illusions
(b) Martians
(c) Other Earth people who had gone insane
(d) Robots

5. What term does the author use to describe the elderly?
(a) Unwanted people
(b) Seasoned people
(c) Mummy people
(d) Useless people

6. Where does Walter Gripp live?
(a) Town
(b) Earth
(c) Mountains
(d) Canal

7. What ethnicity is fleeing Earth for Mars in this chapter?
(a) Asian Americans
(b) African Americans
(c) Hispanic Americans
(d) Native Americans

8. Where do Sam and his wife Elma open their shop?
(a) Beside where the rockets land
(b) In line with the mineral deposits
(c) Near the luggage shop
(d) Beside the canal

9. What new portion of civilization does the author indicate has begun to settle on Mars?
(a) Sophisticates
(b) Ethnicities
(c) Non-American settlers
(d) Middle class

10. By 2026 in this chapter, how long has it been since the Great War on Earth?
(a) 5 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 20 years
(d) 30 years

11. What destroyed many of the buildings and people in Allendale, California?
(a) Martians
(b) Atomic war
(c) Fire
(d) Earthquakes

12. What traps Tom?
(a) Memories
(b) Men
(c) Martians
(d) Women

13. Who did the Pioneers bring next to Mars?
(a) Government
(b) Pioneers
(c) Elderly
(d) Workers

14. What does Teece tell Belter will happen to the rocket?
(a) He will shoot the rocket destroying it
(b) It will not ever take off as it does not have fuel
(c) It will land on a different planet from Mars
(d) Explode on launch

15. What does William Stendahl hope to recreate on Mars?
(a) Washington monument
(b) Edgar Allen Poe's personal home
(c) House of Usher
(d) White House

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal kills Garrett as he comes to investigate the House of Usher?

2. What does William say was the downfall of Earth?

3. What has Mars become with the arrival of the elderly?

4. What happens at 9:00?

5. What is reported to have happened to a man named Nomland who lived near the canal?

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