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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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

4. What animal were the robotic house cleaners designed after?
(a) Cats
(b) Mouse
(c) Dogs
(d) Birds

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

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

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

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

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

10. Which of the following is the correct order of people that colonized Mars?
(a) Pioneers, workers, sophisticates, government, elderly
(b) Pioneers, elderly, sophisticates, government, workers
(c) Pioneers, sophisticates, workers, government, elderly
(d) Pioneers, government, workers, elderly, sophisticates

11. What kind of pain does Hathaway suffer from during this chapter?
(a) Arm
(b) Leg
(c) Head
(d) Chest

12. Why did the Thomas family tell people they were going to Mars?
(a) To live
(b) To rebuild Mars
(c) Vacation
(d) To retrieve people left behind

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the Martians present Sam with which makes Sam delirious with delight?

3. What does William Stendahl hope to recreate on Mars?

4. Which of the following major cities was reported to have been invaded by the Morse-code messages?

5. What do the parents of the boys do when the boys return home?

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