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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 type of rock does a woman use to grind corn?

2. When the men circle back to their rocket on Venus, how much food do they have left?

3. What do Hernando and his wife use for a bowl?

4. Where are two girls playing in "The Last Night of the World"?

5. How many continents are on Venus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the driver of the ancient Ford tell Hernando has happened?

8. Why did Applegate lie about blackballing Hollis?

9. How did Hernando get his shoes?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast how Doug and his mother feel about space. Use examples from "The Rocket Man".

Essay Topic 2

Argue whether the Martians win or the people of earth win when the Martians invade the earth in "The Concrete Mixer". Use examples from the story to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss whether the men in "Kaleidoscope" decide if how they lived their lives matters when it comes time to die.

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