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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 news just reached Mars about Earth in this chapter?

2. How did Father Peregrine describe the fighting during the war in China when he was a boy?

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

4. What do the two men discussing the war believe will happen to the people who are living on Mars?

5. What destroys the central computer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Teece see as a victory at the end of the chapter even though the blacks had gotten into the rockets and have left Earth?

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

4. What comes to Mars that many of the Earth people particularly left Earth to escape?

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

6. Why does Hathaway believe he and his family are going to be rescued and how long as he been waiting to be rescued?

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

8. Why do you believe Father Peregrine purchases a new valise before he leaves the luggage store?

9. Why do Sam and his wife escape into the sand ship and what leads them to return to their hotdog stand?

10. Describe the game the young Earth boys play that disturbs and disgusts the parents.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Toward the end of the novel, many characters choose solitude over companionship. Why do you believe the characters make this choice? Can you ever see a time when you might make this choice? Explain your reasons.

Essay Topic 2

What do the Martians such as Mrs. Ttt and Mr. Aaa represent in American society? Why do you believe this is this case? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How does the colonization of Mars change throughout the novel? Do you believe the changes represent a circle? In what way or why not?

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