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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 does Captain Hart do when the mayor cannot tell him where the man went?
(a) Shoots the mayor.
(b) Tears up the mayor's office.
(c) Storms back to the rocket.
(d) Tries to choke the mayor.

2. How close do George and Lydia need to get to the nursery for the light to come on?
(a) 5 feet.
(b) 20 feet.
(c) 10 feet.
(d) 15 feet.

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

4. How many rows in the theater will be designated for whites?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. What crop is growing in the tilled mountain fields?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Corn.
(d) Maize.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Burton die?

2. How many of the men's friends are dead back on the rocket they had landed on Venus?

3. What are Hernando's shoes made from?

4. In the "The Long Rain", how many men are walking in the rain?

5. What color shades does Doug buy his mother when she says it is too light to sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a Sun Dome?

2. What happened during the third World War?

3. Why has the white man come to Mars?

4. What will the narrator miss when the world ends?

5. Why is Father Peregrine chosen to be the captain of the missionaries?

6. Why do the townspeople not come when the rocket lands on the planet?

7. How does the narrator describe the Illustrated Man's tattoos?

8. What dream did the narrator have in "The Last Night of the World"?

9. What happens to Hollis when a meteor flashes by?

10. Why do Doug and his mother not want to see the sun at the end of the chapter?

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