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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does William say was the downfall of Earth?
(a) Greed
(b) Government
(c) Technology
(d) Financial institutions

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

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

5. What is reported to have happened to a man named Nomland who lived near the canal?
(a) Has taken the human form of Tom
(b) Committed suicide
(c) Has seen and gone with Martians
(d) Murdered by Tom

6. 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) Unions
(b) Religion
(c) Political biases
(d) Martians

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

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

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

10. 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

11. What does the family burn to keep warm at night?
(a) Rocket
(b) Government papers
(c) Abandoned homes
(d) Family history papers

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What news just reached Mars about Earth in this chapter?

2. In what town does Gripp end up?

3. What does Hathaway do to celebrate what he believes is his eminent rescue?

4. What did Teece participate in many times at night?

5. What has killed most of the Martians?

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