The Martian Chronicles Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 107 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Martian Chronicles Test | Final Test - Medium

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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 did the sophisticates bring next to Mars?
(a) Pioneers
(b) Government
(c) Elderly
(d) Workers

2. What does William Stendahl hope to recreate on Mars?
(a) Washington monument
(b) Edgar Allen Poe's personal home
(c) White House
(d) House of Usher

3. Which continent was obliterated according to the messages?
(a) Antarctica
(b) Australia
(c) Europe
(d) North America

4. After what did the settlers name Spendor Hill?
(a) Where Spendor killed his crew mates
(b) Where Spendor sat thinking about what to do
(c) Where Spendor's crew landed
(d) Where Spendor was killed by his captain

5. What does Father Peregrine purchase on his way out of the shop?
(a) Valise
(b) Luggage rack
(c) Ticket to Earth
(d) Nothing

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the students make while playing their game?

2. Why did the Thomas family tell people they were going to Mars?

3. How long have many of the settlers lived on Mars at this time?

4. Which of the following major cities was reported to have been invaded by the Morse-code messages?

5. What traps Tom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads Elma, Sam's wife, to tell him that it might be another million years until Sam has a customer at his hotdog stand?

2. What is ironic about the way the real Garrett and the house itself are destroyed? What does Stendahl tell Garrett about his demise?

3. What do you think LaFarge hears in the backyard and why does he bolt the door and not explore the noise?

4. How is the role of mankind reversed in this chapter and what feelings are experienced by the people on Mars.

5. What two events surprise Wilder while he is at Hathaway's home after he has landed his rocket?

6. For what was the town called Red Town named?

7. What causes the destruction of the house and how does the house react?

8. What happens to the boys when they return to their homes after playing the sick game with the dead Martians?

9. Describe how Genevieve appears to Gripp the first time he sees her and how does this compare to his imagination?

10. What do the new inhabitants of Mars call the elderly people who have begun to come to Mars?

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