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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 Father Peregrine purchase on his way out of the shop?

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

3. Why did Selsor stay behind on Mars?

4. What is reported to have happened to a man named Nomland who lived near the canal?

5. Where does William show the family Martians?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does LaFarge continually question Tom about his presence and what happens when he does?

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

3. Why does Teece want the townsfolk to call the governor when he sees the black men and women heading toward the rockets?

4. What happens to the boys when they return to their homes after playing the sick game with the dead Martians?

5. Why does Walter Gripp suddenly try calling the largest beauty salon on Mars?

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

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

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

9. What does Stendahl reply when asked what he is planning to do with the house?

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

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

Describe the main plot line of the novel. What chapters are critical to providing key information to the overall plot line? Why do you believe these are the case?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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