Dark they were and Golden eyed

What event prevents the family's return to Earth?

• the family is happy living on Mars

• The return ticket costs too much money

• Harry's rocket doesn't work

• An atomic war breaks out on Earth

What is Harry's first clue that his world is changing?

• his children want Martian names

• The peach blossoms change color and his garden grows green roses and purple grass

• Their eyes turn golden

• His neighbors calmly accept all of the change

What situation shows the meaning of forlorn?

• a soccer team that just won a game

• an abandoned dog sitting alone in the rain

• a teenage babysitter watching two young children play

• a busy man on a city street who missed the bus

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At the end of the story, what is the attitude of the lieutenant who has recently arrived?

• he finds Mars unappealing

• He likes Martians and believes they are peaceful

• he suspects the Martians are involved in the disappearance of the settlers

• He feels enthusiastic about the new settlement being planned.

Which contains a similie?

• The man felt . . . the tissues of his body draw tight as if he were standing at the center of a vacuum

• At any moment the Martian air might draw his soul from him.

• A few tremblings shook him, but were carried off in waves of pleasant heat as he lay in the sun

• And then the water can build on that skeleton—green things, deep water things, red things, yellow things

Which quote contains an example of personification

• The children, small seeds, might at any instant be sown to all the

  Martian climes.

• The captain looked at the room, the dusty windows, the blue mountains rising beyond…

• “I feel like a salt crystal,” he said, “in a mountain stream, being washed away.”

• The fear would not be stopped. It had his throat and heart.

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What is the theme of the story, Dark They Were and Golden Eyed?

• Family is what matters most.

• Places can change you.

• Space exploration can be dangerous.

• Money is the root of all evil.

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Why does Harry's son start calling his father Utha?

• He is slowly becoming a Martian.

• He is making fun of his father.

• He is jealous of his father.

• He is afraid of calling his father by his real name.

Define science fiction.

• A genre based on future scientific, technological or environmental changes.

• A genre that is focused on comedic, funny moments.

• A genre that are filled with children's stories about magical and imaginary beings and lands.

• A genre based on a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.

Her long hair was a flowing golden river.

What type of figurative language is this.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Imagery

• Onomatopia

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