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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. How many cities are constructed on Mars?
(a) 15
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) 12
2. How would you describe the feeling of all of the Martians during this time of singing foreign tunes?
(a) Full of hot anger
(b) Full of cold fear
(c) Full of resignation
(d) Full of dreams
3. What type of background do most of the Americans come from who colonize Mars?
(a) Working class
(b) Cultured
(c) Deprived
(d) Poverty
4. Where does Wilder ask to have Spendor shot?
(a) Chest
(b) Leg
(c) Head
(d) Shoulder
5. What can the reader infer will be soon to follow on Mars as they are rebuilding a near replica of Earth?
(a) Desire for more people to move to Mars
(b) Same limitations of Earth
(c) Same turmoil that the Martians experienced
(d) A new start with only the promised changes from Earth
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following descriptions does the author use to describe the construction crews?
2. Where did the construction materials for the colonization of Mars come from?
3. What was Driscoll given to help him plant seeds across Mars?
4. What makes the sound which startles Gomez as he gets out of the car and watches the Martian night?
5. Who does Ylla dream of?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the character of Pritchard represent in American society?
2. How does the author convey the sense of importance at the rocket launch?
3. How does Mr. Xxx feel about his own belief system and what choices would he make because of it?
4. What is the reader left to infer that the author is referencing by using the term 'green star'?
5. What does Pritchard's arrest represent as well as his reaction to the arrest?
6. How is the second expedition received on the planet of Mars?
7. How can the reader infer that a second expedition will be happening soon?
8. Why does Spendor, an Earthling, kill all of the members of his crew?
9. How does this chapter show that Spendor's assumptions about the Earthlings ruining Mars was coming true?
10. What happens to the climate as the rocket launches?
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