The Martian Chronicles

by Ray Bradbury

Course of Study (including Study Guides/Vocabulary/Test Questions for each year)

by SoccerBoy
Durant Road Middle School

 

Study Guides for the Martian Chronicles

Year 1999

1.      Who is Mrs. K and what does she expect?

2.     What are the dreams that Mrs. K has?

3.     Why do the Martians think that it is impossible for life to exist on earth?

4.     Why does Mr. K ask Mrs. K to go to the town, then to the Blue Mountains, and why does she refuse?

5.     Why does Mr. K say that he invited the doctor?

6.     Why does Mr. K wear the mask?

7.     What was the metal gleam in sky, and what were the two shots that Mrs. K heard over in Green Valley?

8.     Why are the singer and the children surprised when they start singing the songs?

9.     What do the Earth men expect when they land on Mars?

10.    What is the reaction of Mr. Aaa when he is told that Mr. Ttt sent the Earth men?

11.    Why do the Earth Men receive such a warm welcome in Mr. Iii's place?

12.    Why did Mr. Iii laugh when the captain suggested that the crew sign the papers also?

13.  In a brief summary, tell what happened in August 1999.

14.   How did you react when the Earth men were all killed after all that they tried to prove that they were not insane? Why? 

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Year 2000

1.  Why did anybody with any sense want to leave Earth?

2.  Where did Pritchard get taken instead of Mars?

3.  Why were the crew members of the Third Expedition so amazed when they gotto Mars?

4.  Why is the captain suspicious of the peaceful looking town?

5.  Where does the lady that the crew meet in the first house say that they are?

6.  Who does Lustig see in the street, and why is he so happy to see them?

7.  How would the captain probably have acted if he saw his brother Edward outside the rocket?

8.  True or False. Captain Black thought that the Martians liked the Earth Men.

9.  What is the theory that Captain Black thinks up in the night?

10.  What happened to the crew during the night?

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