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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 animal kills Garrett as he comes to investigate the House of Usher?
(a) Ape
(b) Couger
(c) Snake
(d) Lion

2. What does William tell his family was taking over the Earth way of life?
(a) Science
(b) Government
(c) Mankind
(d) Greed

3. Which of the following characters offers to take Silly's place as a worker?
(a) Silly
(b) Belter
(c) Grandpa Quartermain
(d) Teece

4. What traps Tom?
(a) Memories
(b) Martians
(c) Men
(d) Women

5. What does the word autonomously mean as it is used in the following sentence: The house is designed to function autonomously.
(a) With the use of the robots
(b) It is run by timers
(c) Without human intervention
(d) Without the use of machines

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Gripp drive to get away from Selsor?

2. What new portion of civilization does the author indicate has begun to settle on Mars?

3. Who did the sophisticates bring next to Mars?

4. What color does the face of the Martian seem to be?

5. What happens at 9:00?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Walter Gripp suddenly try calling the largest beauty salon on Mars?

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

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

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

8. Why does Teece want the townsfolk to call the governor when he sees the black men and women heading toward the rockets?

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

10. How does the author let the reader know that the family that once lived in the autonomously run house has been killed in the atomic blast?

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