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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the Captain captured by the Martians?
(a) High school.
(b) Spaceship.
(c) Childhood home.
(d) Family cemetery plot.

2. What animals are mentioned in the story?
(a) Cats.
(b) Parrots.
(c) Baboons.
(d) Lions.

3. What causes the boy to think he is invisible?
(a) Potion.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Fortune teller.
(d) No reflection.

4. What is the term used for the lifelike androids?
(a) Puppets.
(b) Robots.
(c) Marionettes.
(d) Droids.

5. What word best describes the boy's behavior?
(a) Rambunctious.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Polite.
(d) Mischievous.

6. What did the Martians use to trick the Earthlings?
(a) Hypnosis.
(b) Telepathy.
(c) Magic.
(d) Mirrors.

7. Martians appear in the form of which of the following?
(a) Vapor.
(b) Grasses.
(c) Light.
(d) Birds.

8. What word is best used to describe the wife in the story "The Jar?"
(a) Selfless.
(b) Humble.
(c) Selfish.
(d) Meek.

9. The boy feels like an outcast because he is not a _____.
(a) Alien.
(b) Vampire.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Mutant.

10. In what year does the couple live?
(a) 2273.
(b) 2155.
(c) 2174.
(d) 2099.

11. Who do the couple wait for at their store?
(a) Police.
(b) Tourists.
(c) Immigrants.
(d) Children.

12. How old is the boy?
(a) 14.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 11.

13. One of the objects is shaped like which fruit?
(a) Watermelon.
(b) Apple.
(c) Orange.
(d) Grape.

14. What is the first name of the wife's lover?
(a) Norm.
(b) Tom.
(c) Henry.
(d) Bob.

15. What is the name of the story's narrator?
(a) Sam.
(b) Ambrose.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Johnny.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the character?

2. What relation of the wife's dies during the story?

3. What is the surname of the protagonist's next door neighbor?

4. What type of group arrives on planet in "The Fire Balloons?"

5. Where do Marie and Joseph go on vacation?

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