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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. What new portion of civilization does the author indicate has begun to settle on Mars?
(a) Sophisticates
(b) Ethnicities
(c) Non-American settlers
(d) Middle class

2. How did Father Peregrine describe the fighting during the war in China when he was a boy?
(a) Unreal
(b) Intense
(c) Insignificant
(d) Surprising

3. What term does the author use to describe the elderly?
(a) Mummy people
(b) Unwanted people
(c) Seasoned people
(d) Useless people

4. What does Teece tell Belter will happen to the rocket?
(a) Explode on launch
(b) It will not ever take off as it does not have fuel
(c) It will land on a different planet from Mars
(d) He will shoot the rocket destroying it

5. Who does LaFarge and his wife find in their backyard one rainy night?
(a) A Martian couple
(b) Their dead son, Tom
(c) A government official
(d) Edgar Allen Poe

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at 9:00?

2. What surprise do Sam and Elma find in the rear seat of their own sand ship?

3. What did Silly say that Teece remarked was a triumph for Teece himself?

4. What traps Tom?

5. What happened to the McClellans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the author's purpose in including such a small chapter simply about elderly people making the move to Mars?

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 the new inhabitants of Mars call the elderly people who have begun to come to Mars?

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

5. How do the people on Earth send messages to the people on Mars and what message repeats constantly?

6. Why does LaFarge continually question Tom about his presence and what happens when he does?

7. How does Timothy recognize that his family is not really on a vacation?

8. What does the family do to keep warm on its first night on Mars and what does it symbolize?

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

10. Why do the owner of the luggage store and Father Peregrine believe that people will no longer be coming to Mars?

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