Quiz on 'Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed'

In “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed,” what is Mr. Bittering’s first clue that his world is changing?

• His children want to adopt Martian names.

• His peach tree sheds strange new blossoms.

• His wife’s and his children’s eyes turn a golden color.

• His neighbors calmly accept all the changes around them.

In “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed,” what does Mr. Bittering do to cope with his fears about living on Mars? Choose two options.

• He tries to build a rocket to take his family back to Earth.

• He concentrates on his work on their small farm and other chores.

• He persuades his wife and family to return with him to Earth.

• He spends time with other settlers, who talk him out of his fear.

• He investigates Martian ruins to understand them better.

If a road can correctly be described as submerged in water, which of the following must be true? Base your answer on the meaning of submerged.

• The road is impossible to navigate.

• The area has experienced a long drought.

• The location of the road is high in the mountains.

• The road needs extensive work by the highway department.

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The atmosphere of the Earth consists of 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen, and 1 percent other gases. What is the most accurate meaning of atmosphere in this sentence?

• A layer of gases surrounding the Earth

• The mood or feeling in a place

• A unit of pressure

• A type of weather condition

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The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. Part A: In “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed,” what does the constant wind on Mars most likely represent?

• the power of the environment to completely change the Earth people

• the sadness that Mr. Bittering feels when he cannot return to Earth

• the very hot weather on Mars that disturbs the Earth people

• the destruction of the Earth people’s settlement on Mars

Which of the following best states a major theme in “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed”?

• Since we have limited resources on Earth, governments should look to other planets to meet our needs.

• Humans are generally open minded and peaceful in their encounters with the unknown.

• Though people often fear and resist it, change is unavoidable in the end.

• Far-off worlds can be anything people imagine them to be.

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At the end of “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed,” what is the attitude of the lieutenant who has recently arrived?

• He finds the environment on Mars unappealing.

• He likes the Martians and believes they are peaceful.

• He suspects the Martians’ involvement in the disappearance of the settlers.

• He feels enthusiastic about the new settlement that the captain is planning.

Which of these quotations from “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” best supports the answer to Part A?

• The captain established headquarters in an abandoned bar. His lieutenant came back to report.

• “Dark people. Yellow eyes. Martians. Very friendly. . . . I’m sure our relations will be most friendly with them, sir.”

• “Six, eight hundred, I’d say, living in those marble ruins in the hills, sir.”

• “They hadn’t the foggiest notion of what happened to this town or its people.”

Which of the following quotations from “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” contains a simile?

• 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.

Why can the following sentence from “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” be correctly called a metaphor? A river of wind submerged the house.

• It makes the river and the wind seem like human beings.

• It describes how wind can overpower solid objects.

• It suggests that the wind is a powerful river.

• It shows that the house is near a river.