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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 is the moon when the narrator finishes all the stories on the Illustrated Man?

2. What is the name of the movie producer who wants to hire Ettil as an advisor for a movie about the Mars invasion?

3. What is the name of the film director of the American motion picture company that William and Susan Travis observe?

4. Where else are the children playing Invasion?

5. In "The Concrete Mixer", what does the band play as the Martians prepare to land on Earth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ettil believe that a Martian invasion of Earth will fail?

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

3. How did William Travis kill Mr. Simms?

4. Why did Hitchcock decide to go into space?

5. Why has the city waited twenty thousand years for men from Earth?

6. Why does Saul Williams kidnap Leonard Mark?

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

8. What time does the narrator finish seeing the stories on the Illustrated Man?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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