Text Evidence Quiz: “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed”

What seems to happen to memory on Mars?

• Memories seem to fade with time.

• It is easier to remember things in the Martian air.

• Memories disappear in an instant and are gone forever.

• Memory does not seem to be any different on Mars than on Earth.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

Which two pieces of evidence BEST support your answer to the previous question?

• "Cora, how long have your eyes been yellow?" She was bewildered. "Always, I guess."

• In the empty Earth settlement, the painted houses flaked and peeled.

• They came to a small deserted Martian villa with a good view of the valley. It was on top of a hill.

• Mr. Bittering gazed at the Earth settlement far away in the low valley. "Such odd, such ridiculous houses the Earth people built."

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CCSS.RL.6.1

Which statement best describes how Mr. Bittering handled the transition from Earth man to Martian?

• He refuses to change and remains the same throughout the story.

• At first, he is willing to change. Later, he realizes the dangers and becomes scared.

• He begins to change immediately and never puts up any resistance.

• At first, he is resistant and scared of change. Later, he slowly gives in to the changes.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which TWO pieces of evidence BEST support your answer to the previous question?

• He heard his wife say, "Why not?" He heard himself say, "Yes you can use it." "Yaaa!" screamed the boy. "I'm Linnl, Linnl!"

• "If we stay here, we'll all change. The air. Don't you smell it? Something in the air. A Martian virus, maybe; some see, or a pollen. Listen to me!"

• He returned to his philosophy of names and mountains. The Earth men had changed names.

• In the Earth men's settlement, the Bittering house shook with a feeling of change.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

How did Harry feel when he was swimming in the canal?

• panicked

• angry

• relaxed

• sleepy

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which piece of evidence BEST supports your answer to the previous question?

• All was water-quiet and deep, all was peace. He felt the steady, slow current drift him easily.

• The paths were covered with a thin film of cool water all summer long. You kept your bare feet cool all the day, splashing as in a creek, wading.

• They came to a small deserted Martian villa with a good view of the valley. It was on top of a hill.

• Up there, a big river, he thought, a Martian river; all of us lying deep in it, in our pebble houses, in our sunken boulder houses, like crayfish hidden, and the water washing away out old bodies and lengthening the bones and...

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

Why didn't the Bitterings bring much with them when they moved to the villas?

• They only planned to stay for a couple weeks.

• Most of their things were no longer important to them.

• They didn't have a way to transport their things.

• They planned to come and get them the following day.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

Which piece of evidence BEST supports your answer to the previous question?

• "Considering all we brought to Mars, this is only a handful!"

• "They didn't know any better," his wife mused.

• "Why, I don't want them any more."

• "What about your encyclopedia? You're taking it along surely?"

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6