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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What news just reached Mars about Earth in this chapter?
(a) More people are relocating to Mars
(b) Earth has been destroyed
(c) Earth is going to war
(d) Mars is to be destroyed by those left on Earth

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

4. 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) Unions
(c) Martians
(d) Religion

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

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

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

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

9. How long have many of the settlers lived on Mars at this time?
(a) 3-4 years
(b) 20-30 years
(c) 5-10 years
(d) 1-2 years

10. What destroys the central computer?
(a) Fire
(b) Atomic war
(c) Water
(d) Martians

11. What does the word autonomously mean as it is used in the following sentence: The house is designed to function autonomously.
(a) Without the use of machines
(b) Without human intervention
(c) It is run by timers
(d) With the use of the robots

12. Which of the following characters believes he is the last human being left on Mars?
(a) Sam Parkhill
(b) Genevieve Selsor
(c) Walter Gripp
(d) Father Peregrine

13. Who bans Stendahl from building the house on Earth?
(a) Environmental Protection Agency
(b) Office of the President of the United States
(c) Office of Labor and Statistics
(d) Office of Moral Climate

14. What does Sam Parkhill open on Mars that is the first of its kind?
(a) Convience market
(b) Travel agency
(c) Luggage store
(d) Hot dog stand

15. What was at the end of each Morse-code message?
(a) Come home
(b) Send weapons
(c) Help us
(d) Stay away

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With what does Sam threaten the Martian?

3. What animal were the robotic house cleaners designed after?

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

5. Which continent was obliterated according to the messages?

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