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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. Why does the woman singing on the stage run away frightened?
(a) She does not know the other person on the stage
(b) She does not recognize the words she sang
(c) She is afraid of the people looking at her
(d) She is afraid of the men who are approaching the stage

2. What does Pritchard want to do?
(a) Watch the rocket take off
(b) Hold a violent protest against space travel
(c) Stop the rocekt from launching
(d) Go in the rocket

3. Which current meteorological term could be used to describe the climate changes experienced during January of 1999?
(a) Flooding
(b) Global warming
(c) Blizzard
(d) Seasonal Interlude

4. How many Martian cities were wiped out by the chicken pox?
(a) 9 out of 10
(b) 4 out of 5
(c) 1 out of 8
(d) 7 out of 8

5. What was Driscoll given to help him plant seeds across Mars?
(a) Garden hoe
(b) Shovel
(c) Motorcycle
(d) Pick axe

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the first settlers feel as the begin to colonize Mars?

2. The second waves constitute people that are from ______________.

3. What does Ylla's husband use to take them to town?

4. What position does Mr. Xxx hold?

5. Where is the ship to land according to Ylla?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe where Mr. and Mrs. K live.

3. What is the reader left to infer that the author is referencing by using the term 'green star'?

4. How do Gomez and Muhe communicate and what do they realize about their attempt to converse?

5. What is the purpose of this very short chapter and how is it important for the reader?

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

7. What happens to the climate as the rocket launches?

8. Why is Ylla K unhappy in her marriage?

9. What theory does Black have about finding the deceased relatives on Mars?

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

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