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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. In "No Particular Night or Morning", when does the lunch bell ring?

2. When the Bodonis draw straws to see who will ride on a rocket, who draws the short straw the first time?

3. How old are Smith and Braling?

4. Where does the narrator run to?

5. Where do Mary and Henry Morris hide from the children at five o'clock?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the city do to the captain of the rocket ship?

2. Why did Hitchcock decide to go into space?

3. Where else are children playing Invasion?

4. What does Hitchcock do at the end of the chapter?

5. Why does Saul Williams kidnap Leonard Mark?

6. What tattoo begins to form after the narrator has seen the stories on the Illustrated Man?

7. How did William Travis kill Mr. Simms?

8. What does Bramante say will happen if only one member of Bodoni's family goes to Mars?

9. What choice does Ettil believe he has after landing on Earth?

10. Why are men exiled to Mars in "The Visitor"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss how and why "The Rocket Man" is caught between two worlds. Use examples from the story.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the story, discuss the cycle of violence that occurs in "The Other Foot".

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