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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) Teece
(b) Belter
(c) Grandpa Quartermain
(d) Silly

2. Why did the settlers who are now living on Mars decide to come to Mars?
(a) Travel and tourism
(b) Right to freedom
(c) Leave behind bigotry
(d) Escape criminal charges

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

4. What happened to the McClellans?
(a) They moved to Mars
(b) The moved to another Earth town
(c) They are on the rocket on its way back from Mars
(d) They died

5. What new category of people has begun to travel to Mars?
(a) Female
(b) Hispanic
(c) Children
(d) Elderly

6. After what did the settlers name Spendor Hill?
(a) Where Spendor's crew landed
(b) Where Spendor sat thinking about what to do
(c) Where Spendor killed his crew mates
(d) Where Spendor was killed by his captain

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

8. What does Hathaway see in the sky on his walk back from the graveyard?
(a) Stars shooting across the store
(b) Earth explode and parts shoot across the sky
(c) Red flame from a rocket in the sky
(d) Invaders from another planet

9. What surprise do Sam and Elma find in the rear seat of their own sand ship?
(a) The same Martian male they had just killed
(b) A government official
(c) Their dead son
(d) A Martian female

10. What does Pikes substitute for Garrett after he is killed?
(a) Clone
(b) Robot
(c) Monkey
(d) Actor

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

12. Which of the following does Stendahl not blame for for the small laws which he feels prevent him from doing what he would like to do?
(a) Political biases
(b) Martians
(c) Unions
(d) Religion

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

14. In what town does Gripp end up?
(a) New Texas City
(b) Martian mountains
(c) Holtville Springs
(d) Marlin VIllage

15. How does the Thomas family arrive on Mars?
(a) Family rocket
(b) Martian car
(c) Military vehicle
(d) Government vehicle

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does William tell his family was taking over the Earth way of life?

3. What kind of storms have taken over Mars?

4. What does Teece tell Belter will happen to the rocket?

5. Who bans Stendahl from building the house on Earth?

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