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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gomez think the night smells like, but isn't sure that it really has a smell?
(a) Nighttime
(b) Wonder
(c) Daylight
(d) Time

2. How many people moved to Mars from Earth?
(a) 900,000
(b) 900
(c) 90,000
(d) 9,000

3. Which term best describes how Mars is being colonized in relation to Earth?
(a) Modeled after the Martian homes with some specific differences
(b) Exact replica of Earth
(c) Unique to both Mars and Earth
(d) Modeled after that on Earth with specific differences

4. Which of the following terms best describes how Williams feels when Mrs. Ttt slams the door in his face?
(a) Angered
(b) Excited
(c) Bewildered
(d) Surprised

5. What makes the sound which startles Gomez as he gets out of the car and watches the Martian night?
(a) Martian gas station attendant
(b) Praying mantis machine with a Martian driving
(c) A Martian parade
(d) His great-grandfather

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Black believe the Martians used to project images into reality?

2. How old is the house Mr. and Mrs. K live in?

3. Where does the fourth expedition to Mars land?

4. What did the women do to help make the Martian towns seem more like home?

5. What can Muhe and Gomez not do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What disease did the Earthlings bring to Mars which killed the Martians, and how did the disease affect the Martians?

2. How many cities were created and how did the women help to make them more homey?

3. Why do the inhabitants refer to this time as "Rocket Summer"?

4. Why is Ylla K unhappy in her marriage?

5. How do the Martians feel about about the strange happenings?

6. How does this chapter show that Spendor's assumptions about the Earthlings ruining Mars was coming true?

7. What does Pritchard's arrest represent as well as his reaction to the arrest?

8. Why does Spendor, an Earthling, kill all of the members of his crew?

9. How does the author convey the sense of importance at the rocket launch?

10. What is the House in reality?

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