"The Other Foot - The Illustrated Man"

What is the setting of the short story?

• a.  Greenwater, Alabama, 1965
• Mars, 1965
• Mars, 1985

How is the children’s reaction to the rocket different from Hattie’s reaction?

• The children are nervous about the rocket’s landing, and Hattie is excited.
• The children are excited about the rocket’s landing, and Hattie is nervous.
• The children are angry about the rocket’s landing, and Hattie is nervous.

How is Willie’s reaction to the white man different from Hattie’s reaction?

• Willie is angry about the white man’s arrival, and Hattie is excited.
• Willie is excited about the white man’s arrival, and Hattie is angry.
• Willie is angry about the white man’s arrival, and Hattie is anxious.

Which of the following is NOT one of the preparations made on Mars for the whites?

• Hanging posts and nooses were created and displayed in the center of town.

• “FOR WHITES: REAR SECTION” was painted on trolley cars.

• The last two rows in theaters were roped off for whites.

• Fresh painted street signs that read, “LIMITED CLIENTELE: Right to serve customer revocable at any time” were hung.

Who was the first person to speak after the white man gave his speech?

• Willie

• The mayor

• Hattie

Where did Willie come from?

• Earth
• New York, New York
• Greenwater, Alabama

What does the idiom mean in context to the short story?

• The blacks now have control over the whites.
• The whites now know how it feels to be segregated and lonely.
• The whites have pale skin.

Willie is a ____________ character.

• static
• dynamic
• round

“Guns were sticking up out of some cars like telescopes sighting all the evils of a world coming to an end” is an example of

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Which of the following is NOT a theme found in the short story? (Identify the one that is not a theme in the story).

• Those who do wrong do not deserve second chances.

• Everyone deserves a second chance.

• People are actually able to change.

• We should not be hypocritical of others.