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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. Where did the construction materials for the colonization of Mars come from?

2. What does Mr. Aaa call and challenge Mr. Ttt to?

3. In what state does the story open?

4. In what year does the book open?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How many cities were created and how did the women help to make them more homey?

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

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

5. In what way is Muhe's name alone a suggestion of a different time reference?

6. What disease did the Earthlings bring to Mars which killed the Martians, and how did the disease affect the Martians?

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

8. What is the purpose of this very short chapter and how is it important for the reader?

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

10. What is the reader left to infer that the author is referencing by using the term 'green star'?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which chapters do you believe provided pivotal points which were necessary to the plot development of the book? In what ways were they pivotal? Include specific examples and supporting details.

Essay Topic 2

How is the idea of belief systems rearranged and changed throughout the novel? Use specific examples from the novel to show the changes as they occur throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 3

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

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