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

2. What animal were the robotic house cleaners designed after?

3. Why did the settlers who are now living on Mars decide to come to Mars?

4. What destroys the central computer?

5. What news just reached Mars about Earth in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What causes the destruction of the house and how does the house react?

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

5. How is the role of mankind reversed in this chapter and what feelings are experienced by the people on Mars.

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. How do the people on Earth send messages to the people on Mars and what message repeats constantly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of racism described in this novel? Do you believe the author is providing a realistic picture of racism by his descriptions within the chapter? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe how telepathy played a part in the difficulties with the Martians and the Earthlings. Would these things have happened if the Martians did not use telepathy? Why do you believe that is the case?

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