DARK THEY WERE AND GOLDEN-EYED Question Preview (ID: 54720)


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What is Harry Bittering's emotion in the first half of the story?
a) Curious about the martians
b) Angry at his wife
c) Afraid of being changed by Mars
d)

What prevented the family from returning to Earth?
a) The family is happy living on Mars.
b) The return ticket home is too much money.
c) Harry's rocket doesn't work.
d) An atomic war takes place on Earth.

What is the first clue that things are changing?
a) The children want Martian names.
b) His peach tree blossoms change.
c) Their eyes turn a golden color.
d)

What does Mr. Bittering do to cope with his fear about Mars?
a) He investigates the Martian ruins.
b) He tries to build a rocket and concentrates on working.
c) He persuades his family to return to Earth with him.
d)

What BEST describes the Bittering family at the end of the story?
a) They are completely changed and don't remember their past.
b) They are unhappy with their lives.
c) They are eager to return to Earth since the war is done.
d)

If a road is SUBMERGED, then . . .
a) it's impossible to navigate (drive on).
b) the area has had a long drought with no rain.
c) the road is located in the mountains.
d)

The word atmosphere means. . .
a) chemistry
b) space
c) surrounding air
d)

The constant wind on Mars represents what?
a) The power to completely change Earth people
b) The sadness Mr. Bittering feels
c) The destruction of the Earth people's settlement on Mars
d)

Which situation best explains the word FORLORN?
a) a soccer team just won
b) an abandoned dog sitting in the rain
c) a teenage babysitter watching children
d) a busy man that just missed his bus

What is the main theme of the story? (The moral of the story)
a) Governments need to look to other planets to meet our needs
b) Humans are open minded and peaceful in their encounters of the unknown
c) People often resist and fear it, but change is unavoidable.
d)

What is the attitude of the lieutenant who arrived at the end of the story?
a) He finds Mars unappealing.
b) He likes the Martians and thinks they are peaceful.
c) He thinks the Martians are involved in the disappearance of the settlers.
d)

Which of the following words is a synonym of DESTROY?
a) uncover
b) upset
c) copy
d) ruin

This word means to pull under water or to completely cover
a) forlorn
b) submerge
c) convivial
d)

This word means sad, abandoned, or lonely
a) immense
b) atmosphere
c) mosaic
d) forlorn

This word means extremely large or great in size
a) immense
b) marrow
c) unbidden
d)

This word means a soft fatty substance in the cavities of bones
a) sapling
b) climes
c) marrow
d)

This word means a young tree.
a) sapling
b) canals
c) mosaic
d)

This word means a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass
a) atmosphere
b) convivial
c) mosaic
d) anachronism

This word means an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships
a) convivial
b) canals
c) marrow
d) unbidden

This word means the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
a) atmosphere
b) convivial
c) air
d)

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