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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. What does Muhe try to explain to Gomez?

2. How would you describe the feeling of all of the Martians during this time of singing foreign tunes?

3. Which current meteorological term could be used to describe the climate changes experienced during January of 1999?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Spendor, an Earthling, kill all of the members of his crew?

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

3. Why is Ylla K unhappy in her marriage?

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

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

6. How does the author convey the sense of importance at the rocket launch?

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

8. What was unexpected about the second wave of men and what event on Earth causes the wave to have this unexpected outcome?

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

10. What happens to the climate as the rocket launches?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Write a compare-and-contrast essay between the Martian world before the Earthlings arrived to Earth during the same time period. Use at least five comparisons and five contrasts.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that describes the consequences of the invasion of Mars by the Earthlings. How do you feel about the invasion? Why do you feel this way?

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