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Dark They Were and Golden Eyed

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  • What does recede mean?
    to move back from
  • True or False: By the end of the story, the Bittering family did not identify as being from Earth
    True
  • Come up with a sentence about living on Mars that has a "pleasant" mood
    Will vary
  • True or False: The community members were equally concerned as Harry about what happened on Earth
    False
  • Name three things we would expect to find in Science Fiction
    1. Futuristic 2. Aliens 3. Different Planets etc.
  • Who landed on Mars 5 years later?
    Americans who won the war that came to rescue to the earth people
  • Come up with an example of an author referring to Mars with a "fearful" tone
    Will vary
  • Why did Harry decide to pause building his rocket?
    They were going up to the hills for summer
  • How many Earth people were originally sent to Mars?
    Around 1000
  • True or False: At the beginning of the story, Cora wanted to return to Earth but Harry insisted that they stayed
    False
  • True or False: The Bittering kids hated Mars and never adjusted to life there
    False
  • What does it mean to muse?
    To think thoughtfully about something
  • Name four things that changed once they were on Mars
  • What does it mean to be convivial?
    To be social or talkative
  • Why do the Bitterings move to Mars?
    Because of an impending war on Earth
  • What is mood?
    The feeling the reader gets from the text
  • At the end of the story, what is ironic about the men who land on Mars and their plan for creating a settlement?
    They begin to do the same thing by renaming all of the mountains and rivers.
  • What was the Martian word that came to Harry when he was looking at the "green star?" What did it mean?
    Iortt/ Earth
  • Five years later, when the new rocket arrived, what did the people find on Mars?
    An empty American settlement; Aliens in the hills
  • What does it mean to be forlorn?
    To be sad and lonely
  • What is tone?
    The attitude the author has towards the topic
  • What does it mean to be idle?
    To be unproductive and still
  • Why didn't the Bitterings return to the valley?
    It was ruined by the summer, they no longer identified as humans
  • What is a pendulum?
    Something that swings back and forth from a fixed point
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