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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. At the beginning of "Rocket Man", what time does the boy go to bed?
(a) 11 p.m.
(b) 9 p.m.
(c) 10 p.m.
(d) Midnight.

2. How long would the men be able to talk by phone?
(a) Around 90 minutes.
(b) Around 40 minutes.
(c) About a half an hour.
(d) About an hour.

3. Who does Captain Hart believe is behind the so-called miracles?
(a) Wyatt.
(b) Ashton.
(c) Burton.
(d) Caulkins.

4. What color shades does Doug buy his mother when she says it is too light to sleep?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

5. Who comes to look at the nursery?
(a) Bob Mitchell.
(b) Alex Franklin.
(c) David McClean.
(d) Charles Wansor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the town on Mars?

2. Which man will burn in Earth's atmosphere?

3. What did the unknown man heal on the mayor's son?

4. Where did the whites hang Willie's father?

5. When Captain Hart wants proof that the mayor's son was healed, what is he shown?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Venus sometimes called China?

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

3. Why does Doug sneak his father's uniform out of the sleeping room?

4. Why has the white man come to Mars?

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

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

7. Why is Captain Hart irritated at the beginning of "The Man".

8. Describe the "church" that the Fathers build on Mars.

9. Why does the mayor believe that the Fathers should minister in First Town?

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

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