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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. In which Poe story was the death the same as the manner in which the real Garrett died?

2. What kind of pain does Hathaway suffer from during this chapter?

3. What was at the end of each Morse-code message?

4. Who did the sophisticates bring next to Mars?

5. How far away does Gripp eventually drive away from Marlin Village?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the family do to keep warm on its first night on Mars and what does it symbolize?

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. How does the author let the reader know that the family that once lived in the autonomously run house has been killed in the atomic blast?

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

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

7. What leads Elma, Sam's wife, to tell him that it might be another million years until Sam has a customer at his hotdog stand?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe how the intrusion on Earth affects the lives of those inhabiting Mars. What comparisons on Earth can you make to this sub-plot? Support your answers.

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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