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WorksheetsDark They Were
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 35mins
What is Harry Bittering's main emotion throughout the first half of the story?
He is loving it.
He is angry that his wife & kids want to stay.
He is paranoid & terrified of changing.
He is annoyed by the men who mock him in town.
Which event is most important in preventing the family's return to earth?
They don't want to leave anyway.
New York (with the rockets) was destroyed.
The return ticket is too expensive.
The rocket Harry built did not function.
What was the first clue that Harry's world was changing?
His peach blossoms are weird & his lawn turns purple.
His cow gets a third horn.
Sam's eyes turn yellow.
Everyone starts speaking Martian.
How does Mr. Bittering try to chill his fears about living on Mars? Two answers.
He gets David to investigate the ruins with him.
He starts building that rocket.
He talks everyone into going back to Earth.
He hangs out with his friends to make his fears go away.
He focuses on his farm chores & duties.
What is the best description for the Bittering family by the end of the story?
They are resigned to living on Mars but are unhappy about it.
They have physically changed but still act like people from Earth.
They can't wait to go home to Earth now that the war has passed.
They be Martians. Officially. 100%. Loving it. What's Earth? Who cares about that place?
If a boat is submerged, what does that mean?
The boat department needs to come work on the boat.
The waters have receded because drought has occurred.
It's nearly impossible to get it back. Find another boat.
That boat's out in the middle of nowhere.
Forlorn means:
Lonely & abandoned
Glee & excitement
Passively watching someone
Aggravated
Part A1: What does the wind represent?
Mars' destruction of the settlement.
Bittering's sadness & loneliness.
The insanely hot weather that bothers every settler.
The power of Mars to change its environment.
Which best states a major theme in the story?
Humans are generally open-minded and peaceful in their encounters with the unknown.
Change is unavoidable in the end, even tho we often hate & fear it.
Far-off worlds can be whatever we imagine them to be.
Our limited resources require us to look for sustainable living on other planets.
What is the attitude of the lieutenant (not the captain) who has recently arrived?
He doesn't like the environment.
He likes the Martians and believes they are peaceful.
He suspects the Martians have done something with the settlers.
He is happy about the new settlement that the captain is planning.
Identify the simile.
We felt trapped as if we had been animals in a cage.
We were animals in a cage.
The cage wanted to eat us.
Animals are amazing creatures.
What makes something a metaphor?
It means a rock that's hurtling through space to impact Earth.
It turns objects into people by describing people traits.
It compares two things without using like or as, and often uses be verbs to compare like 'is', 'was', or 'were'.
It compares two seemingly unlike things using like or as.
What is personification?
When non-people things do people things. (And sometimes, vice versa).
Comparison using like or as.
Comparison without using like or as.
Who can know?
"Rubber tires upon which children had swung in back yards hung suspended like stopped clock pendulums in the blazing air." What does this mean?
Rubber tire swings are too hot to play with. Sad day.
Rubber tire swings be swinging in the breeze.
Those tires be peeling in the hot sun.
Rubber tire swings are no longer being played with.
What's a synonym for the word 'destroy'?
Copy
Demolish
Upset
Uncover
What's the difference between scary & terrifying?
Scary is the stronger word for fear.
Terrifying is the stronger word for fear.
Which word is the superlative degree?
Bravest
More appropriate
Longingly
Braver
Which word is written in the positive degree?
Bravest
More appropriate
Longingly
Braver
Which is in the comparative degree?
Most appropriate
Bravely
Bravest
Braver
