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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 does William show the family Martians?
2. What new category of people has begun to travel to Mars?
3. What do the parents of the boys do when the boys return home?
4. What do the two men believe will happen to the hundred thousand people who are due to arrive on Mars in the next few weeks?
5. What does Hathaway do to celebrate what he believes is his eminent rescue?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Walter Gripp suddenly try calling the largest beauty salon on Mars?
2. Describe the game the young Earth boys play that disturbs and disgusts the parents.
3. Why do Sam and his wife escape into the sand ship and what leads them to return to their hotdog stand?
4. What happens to the boys when they return to their homes after playing the sick game with the dead Martians?
5. Why does Teece want the townsfolk to call the governor when he sees the black men and women heading toward the rockets?
6. What comes to Mars that many of the Earth people particularly left Earth to escape?
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. Describe how Genevieve appears to Gripp the first time he sees her and how does this compare to his imagination?
9. What is the author's purpose in including such a small chapter simply about elderly people making the move to Mars?
10. What does Stendahl reply when asked what he is planning to do with the house?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many of the people that came to inhabit Mars never truly felt it was their home. Why is this the case? How does the author show this throughout the novel? Provide specific examples from the novel.
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
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.
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