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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 characters offers to take Silly's place as a worker?
(a) Grandpa Quartermain
(b) Silly
(c) Teece
(d) Belter

2. What happens to the McClellans' house at the end of the chapter?
(a) Continues on
(b) Explodes
(c) Melts
(d) Simply falls apart

3. What has killed most of the Martians?
(a) Rocket ships
(b) Fire
(c) Themselves (suicide)
(d) Chicken pox

4. How do the people on Earth let the people on Mars know what is going on on Earth?
(a) Sattelite broadcats
(b) Morse-code
(c) Radio broadcasts
(d) Incoming settlers on rockets

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

6. Who made the prediction that Mars would become an altered planet by the new settlers?
(a) Williams
(b) Spendor
(c) Stendahl
(d) Teece

7. What happens at 9:00?
(a) Settlers gather and destroy all Martians
(b) Earth begins to burn
(c) The Earth explodes
(d) Mars catches on fire

8. How long does Gripp drive to get away from Selsor?
(a) Six days and nights
(b) Five days and nights
(c) Four days and nights
(d) Three days and nights

9. What did Teece participate in many times at night?
(a) Store sales
(b) Rocket building
(c) Lynchings
(d) Helping blacks become freee

10. What do the two men discussing the war believe will happen to the people who are living on Mars?
(a) They will all be killed
(b) They will find another planet on which to hide
(c) They will return to Earth
(d) They will refuse to return to Earth

11. What does William tell his family was taking over the Earth way of life?
(a) Science
(b) Mankind
(c) Greed
(d) Government

12. What do the students make while playing their game?
(a) Fire
(b) Ashes
(c) Photos
(d) Music

13. Why did Selsor stay behind on Mars?
(a) To be able to take care of her busness
(b) To eat whatever she wants
(c) To avoid jail on Earth
(d) To hide from the war

14. What does Hathaway do to celebrate what he believes is his eminent rescue?
(a) Sets the town of New New York on fire
(b) Opens a bottle of wine
(c) Prays at the graveyard
(d) Digs for archeological remains

15. What do the Martians present Sam with which makes Sam delirious with delight?
(a) Hot dog supplies
(b) Land deeds
(c) Sand ships
(d) Weapons

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Thomas family arrive on Mars?

2. Why did the settlers who are now living on Mars decide to come to Mars?

3. What color does the face of the Martian seem to be?

4. What traps Tom?

5. Where do Sam and his wife Elma open their shop?

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