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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 "The Off Season" what is the name of the couple that opens a store?
2. What is the name of the protagonist in "Homecoming?"
3. What is Walter's last name In "The Silent Towns?"
4. What is the name of the Captain in "Mars Is Heaven?"
5. What is the name of the protagonist in "The Skeleton?"
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Hollis during his free fall in space? How does the story end for Hollis?
2. What are the marital issues for Smith and Braling in "Marionettes, Inc.?" What is the solution chosen by the two men?
3. In "The Playground" Charles Underhill objects when his sister Carol wants to take Charles' three-year-old son Jim to a playground. Why does Charles object? What is the outcome of the story?
4. What happens to Uncle Einar as he returns to from the Elliot family reunion? How does the event change Einar's life?
5. How does the Erickson family come across the farmhouse? How do they claim the old house?
6. In "A Sound of Thunder" several people take a trip. Who goes on the trip? What is the purpose of the trip? What negative occurrence happens during the trip?
7. In "The Last Night of the World" several people have the same dream. What is the dream and what is the combined reaction of the people?
8. "The Veldt" tells a story about the Hadley family. What unusual thing has the family done to their house? What part of the house proves to be the most significant?
9. Explain the situation that plagues Timothy Elliot in "Homecoming." Why does Timothy feel like an outcast?
10. Explain Walter Gripp's situation in "The Silent Towns." What has upset Walter? What does he do about it? What is the outcome?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Make a comparison of the stories contained within the book to the productions in the Ray Bradbury Theater as well as full length feature films. Do the films and plays live up to Bradbury's writing and visions. Explain similarities, differences, and explain your preferences.
Essay Topic 2
Describe in detail the personification of aliens in the stories. Why does Bradbury feel it is important to give human (or non-human) qualities to the aliens? How are the aliens characterized and/or personified differently than the humans in the stories? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Much of Bradbury's early works played upon the fears of the public, particularly when it came to the unknowns of outer space. Discuss Bradbury's methods. Investigate what was known about the other planets at the time the majority of the stories were written. How else might Bradbury approach the subject? How do you think Bradbury's views have changed? Have the stories stood the test of time?
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