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

2. Which of the men who crash on Venus makes it to a functioning Sun Dome?

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

4. How many wives does Lespere have?

5. Which cluster of meteors does Stone believe he is floating in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the first Sun Dome that the men found?

2. Who was the artist who tattooed the Illustrated Man?

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

4. Why does Doug's father ask him to promise never to be a rocket man?

5. What is a Sun Dome?

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

7. What happened during the third World War?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why in "The Veldt" the children become dependent upon the house and nursery instead of their parents. Use examples from the story.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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