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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 does the Martian Imperial Commando unit land?

2. Who is the man on Earth who manages the Martian investments?

3. When Salo first meets Malachi, Beatrice, and Chrono on Titan, what does Salo tell them?

4. Who has leased the Rumfoord estate and is now selling tickets to the materializations?

5. When Unk falls asleep in the cave, who does Unk dream is waiting for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Contrast Boaz's living arrangements with Unk's living arrangements while the two men are stranded on Mercury.

2. Why do the harmoniums continue to leave messages in the cave for Unk and Boaz?

3. What is preventing Unk and Boaz from simply flying their space ship to Earth?

4. There are only two buttons on the Martian space ships. What are they?

5. Why did the power plant on Salo's ship develop problems so that Salo had to land on Titan so many years earlier?

6. What is Boaz and Unk's space ship programmed to do when the ship reaches its destination?

7. In terms of his interactions with Winston, what makes Salo unique?

8. How does Unk's space ship finally navigate out of the caves?

9. What is the "taste of hell" that the Martian commandos rain down on Earth?

10. When the crowd of people on Earth gather around the newly landed space ship and ask Unk what his name is and what happened to him, how does Unk respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Martian attack was doomed from the start. Compare and contrast the armies of the Earth and Mars. Be sure to include weaponry used, strategies employed, troop strength, and emotional investment in the fight. Was there anything that the Martian troops could have changed to positively affect the war's outcome? If so, what?

Essay Topic 2

Rumfoord employs many sinister techniques to make sure the people involved in his scheme end up exactly where they are supposed to end up.

a. Identify four methods Rumfoord uses to keep the other characters in place.

b. How does Rumfoord hide his identity as he interacts with these characters?

c. What other methods might Rumfoord have used to still achieve his purpose? Would your method have been as effective in the story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The materializations are Rumfoord's method of keeping tabs on the events taking place not only on Earth, but on Mars and Titan as well.

a. Compare and contrast the materializations on Mars and on Earth.

b. Do Rumfoord's roles on each planet affect his materializations?

c. Are his roles on the two planets affected by his materializations?

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