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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. Which term best describes the reasons Earthlings have for settling on Mars?
(a) Surprising
(b) The same
(c) Unique
(d) Varied

2. Where does Wilder ask to have Spendor shot?
(a) Shoulder
(b) Head
(c) Chest
(d) Leg

3. What is the agreement that Williams has signed?
(a) Euthanasia
(b) Recreation
(c) Insanity
(d) Lodging

4. What does Ylla use to cook the evening meal?
(a) Wine
(b) Lava
(c) Ice
(d) Nothing

5. How do the guards classify the first two attempts to head toward Mars?
(a) Mistakes
(b) Failures
(c) On-going
(d) Successes

Short Answer Questions

1. What threatens Earth and changes the make-up of the second wave?

2. What is Driscoll doing when he first begins to feel the rain?

3. What does Ylla do in a foreign tongue?

4. How do the Martians communicate with the Earthlings?

5. Why does Ylla's husband say that it is impossible for individuals to live on Earth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the theme of this chapter and what does this chapter show between the Earth races and the Martians?

2. Describe the cities built on Mars.

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

4. What is the theme of this chapter?

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

6. How can the reader infer that a second expedition will be happening soon?

7. What is the House in reality?

8. How is the second expedition received on the planet of Mars?

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

10. What are some of the reasons that the Earthlings had for coming to and settling on Mars?

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