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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Willie's town on Earth?
(a) Fulton, Louisiana.
(b) Columbus, Georgia.
(c) Natchez, Mississippi.
(d) Greenwater, Alabama.

2. How much did the Happylife Home cost?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $30,000.
(d) $75,000.

3. How long does it take for a man to die when a Venusian drags him into the sea?
(a) 6 hours.
(b) 8 hours.
(c) 10 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

4. Which of the men who crash on Venus makes it to a functioning Sun Dome?
(a) Patterson.
(b) Pickard.
(c) Mendt.
(d) The Lieutenant.

5. Where is a little boy located who sees Hollis enter Earth's atmosphere?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Indiana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to look at the nursery?

2. What does the narrator in "The Last Night of the World" pour himself to drink at the beginning of the chapter?

3. Where are the tattoos on the Illustrated Man's body?

4. What color hair do the girls have in "The Last Night of the World"?

5. Doug's father buys tickets for a trip. Where do Doug and his parents go for a trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the Illustrated Man tried to remove the illustrations?

2. What types of things does the house do for the Hadley family?

3. Why does the narrator believe that October 19, 1969, was chosen as the last night of the world?

4. What happened during the third World War?

5. Who was the artist who tattooed the Illustrated Man?

6. How do the men walking through the Venusian rain carry a boat?

7. What were some scenes that George had seen in the nursery over the last year?

8. Why does Doug's father ask him to promise never to be a rocket man?

9. Why doesn't Doug's mother allow him to mow the lawn or fix anything around the house?

10. What does David McClean recommend that George and Lydia do with the nursery?

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