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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which Poe story was the death the same as the manner in which the real Garrett died?
(a) The Cask of Amontillado
(b) The Murder in the Rue Morgue
(c) The Fall of the House of Usher
(d) The Raven

2. Which of the following major cities was reported to have been invaded by the Morse-code messages?
(a) Paris
(b) Bejing
(c) London
(d) Washington, DC

3. What did Silly say that Teece remarked was a triumph for Teece himself?
(a) I'm leaving
(b) Mister
(c) Death to whites
(d) No more lynchings

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

5. Which of the following characters offers to take Silly's place as a worker?
(a) Silly
(b) Teece
(c) Belter
(d) Grandpa Quartermain

6. What tragedy happened to LaFarge and his wife?
(a) Parents were killed on Mars
(b) They lost everything in a rocket explosion on the way to Mars
(c) Government took all of their posessions
(d) Son was killed on Earth

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

8. Who does LaFarge and his wife find in their backyard one rainy night?
(a) A government official
(b) Edgar Allen Poe
(c) A Martian couple
(d) Their dead son, Tom

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

10. Where does William show the family Martians?
(a) Reflection in the canal
(b) In the mountains
(c) In the graveyards
(d) In the historical buildings

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

12. 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

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

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

15. How far away does Gripp eventually drive away from Marlin Village?
(a) 1,000 miles
(b) 1,000,000 miles
(c) 10,000 miles
(d) 100,000 miles

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have many of the settlers lived on Mars at this time?

2. What happens at 9:00?

3. Why did Selsor stay behind on Mars?

4. Who did the sophisticates bring next to Mars?

5. How do the people on Earth let the people on Mars know what is going on on Earth?

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