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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. Who leads the second Mars expedition?
(a) Ttt
(b) Aaa
(c) York
(d) Williams

2. What was the job of the first people to make their way to Mars?
(a) Make the planet livable
(b) Clear the planet of Martians
(c) Make the planet less lonely
(d) Make the safe

3. Who does Ylla dream of?
(a) Her father
(b) Her husband
(c) Her lover
(d) An alien

4. Which group seems to be most affected by the happenings on Mars?
(a) Men
(b) Children
(c) Well-educated
(d) Women

5. What is the true name of the planet Mars according to the Martians?
(a) Tyrr
(b) Tour
(c) Mars
(d) AaT

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which emotion or feeling best describes the feeling of most of the Martians in August of 1999?

5. When was this novel written?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How do the first settlers feel about their time on Mars and what happens to change this feeling?

6. What is the House in reality?

7. Why does Yll continue to become more and more annoyed with his wife, Ylla?

8. How does Yll take care of the problem of Captain York?

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

10. Describe the cities built on Mars.

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