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<>What causes Rocket Summer? <>Give 3 unusual details of the Martians and their culture. <>Relate details that show how Ylla's dream foretells the coming spaceship <>Why do you think Yll wanted to go to town for an entertainment or to the Blue Mountains for a vacation? <>What did Yll go hunting for? <>"It is coming nearer and nearer and nearer!" What is "it" that the woman and musicians seem "infected" with?
<>With the description of the Martians as so different from Earthlings, why do the Martians not seem aware of the differences? <>How are the Earthlings treated at each Martian's meeting? <>Who was Mr. Xxx? What was his "cure?" <>How is the taxpayer and the second expedition similarly treated? <>What was so strange about the Martian scenery when the third expedition landed? <>What explanations are offered for the strange sights?
>What number of expedition is this one? <>To what ritual was the camp fire compared? <>What killed the Martians? <>What bothers Spender? <>What price did Biggs pay for his littering of Mars? <>Why did Spender kill the men at the rocket? <>Why did the Captain want Spender to get away?
<>Why were the first settlers lonely? <>What was Benjamin Driscoll's job and what lack did he hope to fulfill? <>Give one element of comparison between rockets and locusts. <>What is important in the meeting between Tomás and the Martian? <>Who comprised the second wave of settlers? <>To what earlier scene (nearer the beginning of the book) might Tenth City be compared?
<>Who comprised the next wave of settlers? What problems did they having in leaving Earth and what problems did their leaving create? <>Who offered to take Silly's place? <>Explain how the development on Mars was like that on Earth during the opening of the Western Frontier. <>Why should the Moral Climate, or anyone, be afraid of imagination? <>Stendahl, in the construction of his castle, re-creates many situations from stories by Poe and others. List by name several of those stories he hints at. <>Why did Stendahl hold his party?
>Who are the next expedition in succession? <>What does the vision of the figure in the rain remind the reader of from the first part of the novel? <>What happened to "Tom" when he ran away for the day? <>Why was "Tom" afraid of town? What trap did he fear?
<>Why would settlers return to Earth if a war broke out? <>When did Parkhill first appear in the novel? <>How did Parkhill's reactions in this section mirror his character? <>Explain why you think the Martians did not "get even." <>What did the Martians give Parkhill? <>What message flashed from Earth? <>Although Walter Gripp was a "mountain man" and accustomed to being alone, what drove him to meet Genevieve? <>Why did Walter leave Genevieve at Marlin Village?
<>Why had the Hathaways not returned to Earth? <>What was the growing "red spot in the sky"? <>What medical problem did Hathaway have? <>What errand was Williamson sent on? <>What aspects of the vacation trip bothered Timothy? <>What intention did William Thomas have for going on a "fishing trip"? <>Who are the Martians?
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