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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. Who tells the Captain not to pull rank?

2. How was Willie's mother killed?

3. Who else had a dream in "The Last Night of the World"?

4. How many people are crammed in the last vehicle to drive past Hernando on the highway?

5. How long does it take for a man to die when a Venusian drags him into the sea?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why was Hernando standing in the rain by the highway?

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

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

9. Why is Venus sometimes called China?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In "The Man", Martin and the Captain disagree on who "The Man" is. Discuss who they think the man is and why.

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