"The Other Foot" (by Ray Bradbury)

What is the setting of "The Other Foot"?

• a. Greenwater, Alabama, 1965 (Earth)

• Mars, 1965

• Mars, 1985

• Greenwater, Alabama, 1985 (Earth)

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.

• The children are happy about the rocket and Hattie excited.

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How is Willie’s reaction to the white man's arrival 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 nervous.

• Willie is happy about the white man's arrival, and Hattie is scared.

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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.

Where was Willie from on Earth?

• Columbus, Georgia

• New York, New York

• Greenwater, Alabama

• New Orleans, Louisiana

The story's title is an idiom. What does "the other foot" mean in context to the story?

• The blacks now have control over the whites and they don't like it.

• The whites now know how it feels to be segregated and lonely.

• Every one on Earth now needs help from the black Martians.

• Blacks are justified with their feelings of revenge and payback.

Willie is a ____________ character.

• static

• dynamic

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“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
• idiom

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Which of the following is NOT a theme found in the short 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.

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Interpret what Willie means at the end of the story when he says, “Seems like for the first time today I really seen the white man—I really seen him clear.”

• He's always seen him as the same nationality.

• Willie viewed the white man only by the negative actions from the past

• He fully understood that the white man is just a human with flaws similar to Willie.

• Willie has 20/15 vision.

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