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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. How was Willie's mother killed?

2. Where did Father Peregrine and his cousins see fireworks when he was a child?

3. How much does Willie believe that the whites should be paid an hour?

4. How many continents are on Venus?

5. Where do the officers of the rocket ship eat supper?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator in "The Last Night of the World" say that the world will end?

2. Why has the white man come to Mars?

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

4. What has the nursery become to the children?

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

6. Why did Applegate lie about blackballing Hollis?

7. Why didn't the white people follow the black people to Mars?

8. Why was it unusual that a car had not driven along the highway for more than an hour?

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

10. Does anyone see Hollis when he hits the atmosphere?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why Mrs. Morris did not realize that Mink and the other children really were planning an invasion. Use examples from "Zero Hour".

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the characters react when they learn that it is the "Last Night of the World" and why there is no rioting. Use examples from the story.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from "The Exiles", discuss how technology stifles imagination.

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