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ylla what upsets mr. k? |
his wife was fitting with the earth man |
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ylla what is the significance of green valley? |
this is where the first american explorers landed and were killed |
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ylla describe the weapon mr. k carries |
a bee gun |
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ylla what horrifies ylla at the end of the story? |
her husband shoots and kills the astronauts |
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ylla why can't ylla remember the song? |
the telepathic connection was cut when her husband killed the astronauts |
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the earth men what expedition number is captain jonathan williams a part of? |
second |
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the earth men why do these men keep getting the run-around from the martians? |
the martians think the men from the second expedition are crazy martians |
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the earth men why were the praises the earth men received in the banquet hall prematurely received? |
they were in a chamber with crazy martians |
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the earth men explain the business with the martian psychologist |
he is experimenting/doing research with the humans |
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the third expedition what does the planet the earth men land on closely resemble? |
earth |
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the third expedition what do they suspect happened from the first two expeditions? |
they died or did not survive |
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the third expedition recall the events that lead to captain black's death |
his crew members abandoned their post to be with relatives. he then meets his family and is fooled. he also dies |
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and the moon be still as bright what do the crew members do that aggravates jeff spender? |
they are disrespectful to the martian culture |
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and the moon be still as bright what happened to all the martians? |
they died |
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and the moon be still as bright what is the earth men's reaction to the death of the martians? |
they couldn't care less |
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and the moon be still as bright how does spender perceive the martian culture? |
he believes them to be a superior race |
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and the moon be still as bright why does spender come back and state that he's 'found a martian'? |
he comes back for revenge on their behalf |
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the green morning who is the american folk hero bengamin driscoll compared to? |
johnny appleseed |
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the green morning how had driscoll's natural illness led to the discovery of his purpose on mars? |
he couldn't breathe so he planted trees |
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the green morning what had driscoll hoped would come? |
rain |
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night meeting why is time constantly mentioned in the short story? |
they may be on different time planes |
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night meeting what is unusual about the physical interaction between the martian and tomas gomez? |
they can't touch |
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night meeting how do the two see things differently? |
the martian sees a festival. the human sees ruins |
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usher ii why had william stendahl gone to mars to build the second house of usher? |
his first was burned down |
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usher ii what is moral climates? |
an agency that eliminates all creativity and free thought |
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usher ii why had the original garrett not been fooled by the 'droid garrett' when it came back and reported falsified information? |
he is the one who sent the droid |
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usher ii what is 'the game' that stendahl plays with the officials from moral climates? |
reenacting edgar allen poe's stories of death |
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the martian the martian disguises itself as the eldery couple's |
dead son |
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the martian why does anna choose not to question her senses? |
she wants to believe her son is alive/he tricked her in her sleep |
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the martian how does the martian react to being surrounded by humans? |
it goes crazy and cannot control its powers |
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the martian what is the general reaction of the elderly couple after the martian disappears? |
a sense of closure after initial sadness |
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the off season what is sam park hill excited about? |
he is excited to open up his hot dog stand |
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the off season how does park hill react when encountered by 'foreigners'? |
he is racist |
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the off season why is parkhill trying to escape the martian ships? |
he killed a martian |
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the off season what was the reason they were chasing parkhill? |
they want the explain that earth is destroyed |
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the off season why do they say 'tonight is the night'? |
they will give him half of mars |
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the silent towns describe walter gripp |
he is a lonely man who wants a companion |
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the silent towns why had he not gone back to earth? |
he missed the shuttle because he was out in the mountains |
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the silent towns what triggers his sudden emotional dependency? |
he sees a mannequin |
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the silent towns who is genevieve selsor? |
the last woman on mars |
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the long years how had mr. hathaway coped with losing his loved ones? |
he created a robot version of his family |
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the long years why had the family not gone back to earth? |
they missed the shuttle when out on an archeological dig |
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the long years what do these men discover about hathaway? |
he has aged, but his robot family has not |
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the long years what happens to hathaway and his family at the end of the story? |
he dies of old age |
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there will come soft rains what is noticeably missing from the story? |
people |
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there will come soft rains in 'there will come soft rains' which disaster ravishes the planet? |
atomic bomb |
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there will come soft rains why are there silhouettes of women and children on walls? |
they were distinguished by the bomb. the debris hit them and created the silhouettes on the walls |
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there will come soft rains why does the dog die? |
hunger |
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there will come soft rains what happens to the house? |
it burns down |
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the million year picnic where is dad taking his sons, timothy, robert, and micheal? |
mars |
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the million year picnic why is it a million year picnic? |
they will never come back |
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the million year picnic what happens to the family rocket? |
it is blown up by the father |
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the million year picnic who decides upon the city they'll live in? |
the children |
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the million year picnic who decides upon the city they'll live in? |
the children |
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the million year picnic who are the daughters? |
future mothers |
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the million year picnic does the family end up meeting the martians? |
yes they are the martians |
