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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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 find another planet on which to hide
(c) They will refuse to return to Earth
(d) They will all be killed

7. What do the parents of the boys do when the boys return home?
(a) Make them pray
(b) Make them tell the firemen what they did
(c) Make them take a bath
(d) Make them show them how to play the game

8. What does Father Peregrine purchase on his way out of the shop?
(a) Nothing
(b) Valise
(c) Ticket to Earth
(d) Luggage rack

9. 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

10. What happens to the Martian who continually shifts into the form of deceased loved ones or enemies?
(a) Takes the form of Tom forever
(b) Dies
(c) Moves away
(d) Moves in with Lavinia's family

11. Where did the war tthat Father Peregrine discussed with the proprietor of the luggage store take place?
(a) France
(b) Spain
(c) Germany
(d) China

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

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

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

15. What kind of storms have taken over Mars?
(a) Meteor
(b) Dust
(c) Rain
(d) Snow

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the fathers punish the boys when they return home?

2. What do the two men believe will happen to the hundred thousand people who are due to arrive on Mars in the next few weeks?

3. How did Father Peregrine describe the fighting during the war in China when he was a boy?

4. Where does Walter Gripp live?

5. What did Silly say that Teece remarked was a triumph for Teece himself?

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