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WorksheetsThe Naming of Names
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 11mins
How is Harry Bittering different from the other Earth people on Mars?
He is the only one who can build a rocket
He is the only one who is afraid of living on Mars
He is the only one who lets his children change their names
He is the only one who does not want to return to Earth
Which of the following may mean that Harry's children are changing to fit their new setting faster than the adults?
They have forgotten the language and customs they learned on Earth
They do not want to help build the rocket and return to Earth
They feel strongly about changing their names to Martian names
They refuse to eat anything except Martian-grown foods.
Which of the following shows that Harry resists the effects of living on Mars?
Harry allows his children to change their names to Martian names
Harry decides to wait until autumn to continue work on the rocket
Harry is angry when the other men will not help him with his work
Harry finds himself thinking favorably about the blue marble villa
When a rocket from Earth lands on Mars, the changed humans
live in modern, blue marble city
are ready to return to Earth
have built a rocket
do not speak English to each other
Ray Bradbury may have chosen the title "The Naming of Names" to show...
the importance of adapting
the strangeness of Mars
how children do not like Earth names
how original names do not disappear
When Harry is described as "standing on the edge of a sea, ready to wade in and be drowned, "the reader understands that he is....
ashamed of his family
frightened of Mars
looking forward to a new life
a terrible swimmer
The reader understands that the Martians learn English quickly because they...
have a gift of languages
have been studying it
once were human beings
can read the rocket men's thoughts
Which of the following adjectives best describes the setting of this story
appalling
rumpled
strange
scary
The setting of the story is
based on fact
an impossibility
currently possible
from the author's imagination
sociable or friendly
receded
convivial
amiss
dwindled
anachronism
inside
interior
ceased
forlorn
amiss
submerged
poorly made; easily broken or damaged
interior
ceased
forlorn
amiss
flimsy
hopeless
interior
ceased
forlorn
amiss
flimsy
stopped
interior
ceased
forlorn
amiss
flimsy
withdrew; became more distant
interior
ceased
receded
amiss
flimsy
wrong; improper
interior
ceased
receded
amiss
flimsy
sunk; covered with liquid
interior
ceased
receded
submerged
flimsy
shrank
dwindled
ceased
receded
submerged
amiss
something out of its proper time in history
dwindled
ceased
receded
submerged
anachronism
