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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the reader led to assume in this chapter?

2. Who does Ylla dream of?

3. What do the Martians gather to do?

4. How many days did Driscoll spend planting thousands of seeds?

5. What do the residents nickname the season?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can the reader infer that a second expedition will be happening soon?

2. Why is Ylla K unhappy in her marriage?

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

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

5. What is different about the first wave of men from America and the second wave of men from America?

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

7. How is the second expedition received on the planet of Mars?

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

9. What does Pritchard's arrest represent as well as his reaction to the arrest?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is governmental control and and overpowering nature described throughout the novel? Do you believe the government is still overpowering? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Atomic war is portrayed in this novel. Describe how it is portrayed, then make a realization as to your own personal belief as to the presence of atomic and nuclear weapons in modern society.

Essay Topic 3

Many of the events within this novel are disturbing to the reader. Do you believe this was the intention of the author? Why or why not? Why would an author intentionally include disturbing events?

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