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

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

3. At the beginning of "Highway", how long has it been since Hernando has seen a car on the road?

4. In what state was Father Peregrine's grandfather's home where they would light fire balloons?

5. What color eyes do Wendy and Peter have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would Willie treat the white people if they come to Mars?

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

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

4. Why couldn't the men collect themselves and formulate a plan?

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

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

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

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

9. Why has the white man come to Mars?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the meaning of the idiom "the shoe is on the other foot" as it is used in the story "The Other Foot".

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how greed destroys happiness in "The Visitor". Use examples from the story.

Essay Topic 3

In "The Veldt", technology becomes dangerous. Discuss the threat of ever-increasing technology, using examples from the story.

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