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

2. What ethnicity is fleeing Earth for Mars in this chapter?

3. Who bans Stendahl from building the house on Earth?

4. Who does LaFarge and his wife find in their backyard one rainy night?

5. Which of the following major cities was reported to have been invaded by the Morse-code messages?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the owner of the luggage store and Father Peregrine believe that people will no longer be coming to Mars?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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