Test: Sci-Fi Short Stories

Identify the figurative language used in the following sentence: It was only when the Visitor's skin began to shimmer, like heat from a distant mirage, that the men dropped back."

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Simile
• Hyperbole

In The Night Oak Street Burned Down, how did Sarai's mom and dad immediately react to the video of the visitor?

• They called her and told her to have supper with him.
• They called her and told her they were going grocery shopping.
• They called her and told her to be home at 9pm.
• They called her and told her to come home immediately.

In The Night Oak Street Burned Down, why did Max's house still have power?

• They had solar panels.
• They shut the power down in an plot to take over the world.
• They didn't live on the same street.
• All of the houses still had power.

In The Night Oak Street Burned Down, why did the Visitors leave their planet?

• They want world domination.
• The Death Star blew up their planet.

• They used up the volcanoes energy which was their energy source.
• They were not from a different planet.

What was the main setting found in The Eye of the Beholder?

• A hotel lobby
• The Starship Enterprise
• A hospital room
• The leader's conference room

What does "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" mean?

• Everyone should conform to the same standards of beauty.
• People have their own opinion of what it means to be beautiful.

In The Sound of Thunder, what was the most important rule to follow?

• Don't leave the path.
• Shoot all of the dinosaurs that you see.
• Wear safety googles when operating machinery.
• Don't shoot Bigfoot.

Why is it important not to change the past?

• It will not affect the future.
• Marty McFly will have to go back in time.
• The future could change.
• The past cannot be changed.

Who was Mr. Travis's assistant?

• Billings
• Eckels
• Lesperance
• Kramer

In The Sound of Thunder, how did the world change after Eckels stepped off the path?

• The spelling on the sign changed.

• There was a different president.
• The man at the desk was different.
• All of the above.