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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. Who killed Willie's father?
(a) Dr. Phillips and Mr. Burton.
(b) Mr. Halverson and Mr. Tedford.
(c) Dr. Andrews and Mr. Smith.
(d) Mr. Brown and Mr. Davis.

2. What color ring is tattooed around the Illustrated Man's neck?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

3. What is the name of the town on Mars?
(a) First City.
(b) Mining City.
(c) Prime City.
(d) Prospector's City.

4. In "The Last Night of the World", what time do the girls go to bed?
(a) 6:00 p.m.
(b) 7:30 p.m.
(c) 8:30 p.m.
(d) 9:00 p.m.

5. How long ago does Applegate say that he blackballed Hollis with the Rocket Company?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 7 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many priests travel to Mars?

2. What type of lighting is in the room where two girls are playing in "The Last Night of the World"?

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

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

5. How much money did Lespere gamble away one time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why has the white man come to Mars?

3. What happened during the third World War?

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

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

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

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

8. What was the narrator doing when he met the Illustrated Man?

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

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

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