Dark They Were and Golden Eyed review

Who were the characters in the story (choose all that apply):

• Harry (dad)

• Cora (mom)

• three kids

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Where does the story take place?

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

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CCSS.RL.7.3

How is Mars described (choose all 3 that apply)?

• red and brown

• windy

• cinnamon dusts

• sunny

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What happened on Earth?

• an atom bomb destroyed New York

• climate change

• World War III

What was the first change that happened to Mr. Bittering?

• He begins to speak Martian.

• His eyes turned golden.

• His eyes turn yellow.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

What is the second change that happens to Mr. Bittering?

• His eyes turn yellow.

• His eyes turn golden.

• He begins to speak Martian.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.W.7.9A

What change occurs in the family?

• They wished like they looked like Earthlings again.

• They are more motivated to work.

• Their eyes turn golden brown and then yellow.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

What part of the story reveals Mr. Bittering finally gives in to Martian life?

• He gives up on the rocket and decides to move into the Martian Villa.

• He moves back to Earth.

• He builds a rocket.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.3

The family loves the look of their old Earth cottages at the end of the story.

• true

• false

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.W.7.9A

Who arrives at the end of the story and why?

• Martians to tell the family that they must return to their home on Earth.

• The family arrives on Venus to start their new lives there.

• Earthmen to save the first human colonists on Mars and to share the news that the war is over on Earth.