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"Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" Assessment

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What is Harry Bittering’s main emotion in the first half of "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed"?

d. He is annoyed by the other Earth people in the town on Mars.

a. He is curious about the fate of the Martians.

c. He is afraid of being changed by the Martian environment.

b. He is angry at his wife for wanting to stay on Mars.

Which event in "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" is most important in preventing the family’s return to Earth?

d. An atomic world war breaks out on Earth.

a. The family is happy living on a farm in the new settlement.

c. A rocket that Harry builds does not function.

b. The return ticket to Earth costs more than the family has.

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

b. His peach tree sheds strange new blossoms.

a. His children want to adopt Martian names.

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

d. 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.

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

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

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

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

f. He encourages his family to change their names and act like Martians.

g. He moves his family to a Martian villa in the hills to escape the summer heat.

a. He investigates Martian ruins to understand them better.

Which sentence best describes the Bittering family members at the conclusion of "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed"?

They are eager to return to Earth now that the atomic war is over.

They are different physically but still think and act like Earth people.

They are resigned to living on Mars but are unhappy with their lives there.

They are completely changed into Martians and have no memory of their past selves.

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 location of the road is high in the mountains.

The area has experienced a long drought.

The road is impossible to navigate.

The road needs extensive work by the highway department.

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

space

cloud cover

surrounding air

chemistry

Which of the following situations could best illustrate the meaning of forlorn? Base your answer on the meaning of forlorn.

An abandoned dog sitting alone in the rain.

A teenage babysitter watching two young children play.

A busy man on a city street who has just missed a bus.

A soccer team that has just won a game.

Part A: In “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed,” what does the constant wind on Mars most likely represent?

a. The power of the environment to completely change the Earth people

c. The very hot weather on Mars that disturbs the Earth people

b. The sadness that Mr. Bittering feels when he cannot return to Earth

d. The destruction of the Earth people’s settlement on Mars

Part B: Which quotation from “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” best supports the answer to Part A (#9)?

d. The captain looked at the room, the dusty windows, the blue mountains rising beyond, the canals moving in the light, and he heard the soft wind in the air. He shivered.

a. The wind blew as if to flake away their identities. At any moment, the Martian air might draw his soul from him, as marrow comes from a white bone.

b. “Even the house. The wind’s done something to it. The air’s burned it. The fog at night.”

c. The nights were full of wind that blew down the empty moonlit sea meadows past the little white chess cities lying for their twelve-thousandth year in the shallows.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

b. He likes the Martians and believes they are peaceful.

c. He suspects the Martians' involvement in the disappearance of the settlers.

a. He finds the environment on Mars unappealing.

Part B: Which of these quotations from “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” best supports the answer to Part A (#12)?

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

"They hadn't the foggiest notion of what happened to this town or its people."

"Six, eight hundred, I'd say, living in those marbles ruins in the hills, sir."

"Dark people. Yellow eyes. Martians. Very friendly...I'm sure our relations will be most friendly with them, sir."

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

b. At any moment the Martian air might draw his soul from him.

c. A few tremblings shook him, but were carried off in waves of pleasant heat as he lay in the sun.

a. The man felt... the tissues of his body draw tight as if he were standing at the center of a vacuum.

d. 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 describes how wind can overpower solid objects.

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

It suggests that the wind is a powerful river.

It shows that the house is near a river.

Which of the following quotations from “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” contains the clearest example of personification?

"I feel like a salt crystal," he said, "in a mountain stream, being washed away."

"The children, small seeds, might at any instant be sown to all the Martian climes."

"This was the moment Mars had waited for. Now, it would eat them."

"The morning paper was toast-warm from the 6 A.M. Earth rocket."

Part A: Read this excerpt from "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed."
Summer burned the canals dry. Summer moved like flame upon the meadows. In the empty Earth settlement, the painted houses flaked and peeled. Rubber tires upon which children had swung in back yards hung suspended like stopped lock pendulums in the blazing air.

Which of the following best expresses the meaning of the underlined sentence in this excerpt?

The rubber tire swings are no longer used as playthings.

The rubber tire swings are peeling in the harsh summer sun.

The rubber tire swings swing back and forth in the breeze.

The rubber tire swings are too hot to play on.

How does the use of figurative language most clearly add to the literal meaning of the underlined sentence excerpted in Part A (#17)?

a. It suggests fear for the safety of the children.

c. It expresses loss while suggesting the power of Mars.

d. It suggests dread that the settlers will return to revive the settlement.

b. It conveys a sense of nostalgia for life on Earth.

Both the story text and the radio play versions of 'Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed' include Harry Bittering as a character. Which statement best explains how the two versions develop his character?

d. The story text’s specific focus on Harry develops a stronger character than the radio play’s focus on his entire family does.

c. The radio play’s dialogue and the actor’s interpretation of it create a better sense of his feelings than the story text’s narration does.

b. The radio play’s music and sound effects build on Harry’s thoughts and fears, which are not as well supported in the story text.

a. The story text’s narration directly reveals Harry’s thoughts and feelings, which must be inferred through his dialogue in the radio play.

Which of the following are the most significant differences between the story and the radio play version of 'Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed'? Choose three options.

d. The ideas presented in the story’s narration are often left out or presented in dialogue in the radio play.

a. The story features fewer characters than the radio play does.

f. The actors in the radio play interpret the characters’ traits and emotions differently from the way described in the story.

b. The children play a smaller role in the radio play than they do in the story text.

e. The radio play not only relies on the words of the text but also adds sound effects, music, and silence to bring the story to life.

c. The adaptation for the radio play leaves out important information from the written story.

Which statement best describes the effect of beginning the radio play version of 'Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed' with an excerpt from the middle of the story text?

a. Starting with this excerpt quickly establishes Mars as a threat and creates a feeling of dread in the audience.

d. The introductory excerpt sets up the audience to be surprised by the twist at the end of the plot.

c. Beginning in the middle of the plot makes the radio play seem more modern than the text.

b. Because the excerpt is out of context, it makes little sense until the radio play reaches the middle of the plot.

Put the radio play story in the correct order.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
The family goes to swim in the canals		2
The family moves to the Martian villas.		1
The family moves to Mars and builds their home.		4
The father says Mars has been waiting for them.		5
The rocketmen have come to rescue the stranded Mars villagers.		3

The father learns Martian in the radio play and the original story.

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False

In the radio play, the father doesn't discuss names over and over again as he does in the original story.

True

False

In the radio play, the family is swimming in the canal when the dad asks about their changing eyes. She says that children's eye color changes the older they get. The dad thinks, "Maybe we're children too...at least to Mars."

What does the underlined sentence mean?

Mars will help them become more mature. 

Mars will change people over time just like children change over time on Earth. 

Things change because people mature. 

If people can change, then Mars can too. 

In the radio play, the rescue crew meets the Martians in the mountain villas. When the lieutenant reports back to his captain, he tells him that the men are "tall, healthy men." The original story says the same thing.

True

False

The first setting of both story versions is the mountain villas of Mars.

True

False

What type of figurative language is shown in the second sentence of the story?
"Its lid gave a bulging pop."

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Personification

Hyperbole

This sentence from the story is an example of hyperbole.
"And the lawn in front of their house very quietly and slowly was coloring itself like spring violets."

True

False

The family was happier living as Martians than they were in their first home on Mars.

True

False

What is Harry Bittering’s main emotion in the first half of "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed"?

d. He is annoyed by the other Earth people in the town on Mars.

a. He is curious about the fate of the Martians.

c. He is afraid of being changed by the Martian environment.

b. He is angry at his wife for wanting to stay on Mars.

Which event in "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" is most important in preventing the family’s return to Earth?

d. An atomic world war breaks out on Earth.

a. The family is happy living on a farm in the new settlement.

c. A rocket that Harry builds does not function.

b. The return ticket to Earth costs more than the family has.

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

b. His peach tree sheds strange new blossoms.

a. His children want to adopt Martian names.

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

d. 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.

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

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

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

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

f. He encourages his family to change their names and act like Martians.

g. He moves his family to a Martian villa in the hills to escape the summer heat.

a. He investigates Martian ruins to understand them better.

Which sentence best describes the Bittering family members at the conclusion of "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed"?

They are eager to return to Earth now that the atomic war is over.

They are different physically but still think and act like Earth people.

They are resigned to living on Mars but are unhappy with their lives there.

They are completely changed into Martians and have no memory of their past selves.

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 location of the road is high in the mountains.

The area has experienced a long drought.

The road is impossible to navigate.

The road needs extensive work by the highway department.

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

space

cloud cover

surrounding air

chemistry

Which of the following situations could best illustrate the meaning of forlorn? Base your answer on the meaning of forlorn.

An abandoned dog sitting alone in the rain.

A teenage babysitter watching two young children play.

A busy man on a city street who has just missed a bus.

A soccer team that has just won a game.

Part A: In “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed,” what does the constant wind on Mars most likely represent?

a. The power of the environment to completely change the Earth people

c. The very hot weather on Mars that disturbs the Earth people

b. The sadness that Mr. Bittering feels when he cannot return to Earth

d. The destruction of the Earth people’s settlement on Mars

Part B: Which quotation from “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” best supports the answer to Part A (#9)?

d. The captain looked at the room, the dusty windows, the blue mountains rising beyond, the canals moving in the light, and he heard the soft wind in the air. He shivered.

a. The wind blew as if to flake away their identities. At any moment, the Martian air might draw his soul from him, as marrow comes from a white bone.

b. “Even the house. The wind’s done something to it. The air’s burned it. The fog at night.”

c. The nights were full of wind that blew down the empty moonlit sea meadows past the little white chess cities lying for their twelve-thousandth year in the shallows.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

b. He likes the Martians and believes they are peaceful.

c. He suspects the Martians' involvement in the disappearance of the settlers.

a. He finds the environment on Mars unappealing.

Part B: Which of these quotations from “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” best supports the answer to Part A (#12)?

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

"They hadn't the foggiest notion of what happened to this town or its people."

"Six, eight hundred, I'd say, living in those marbles ruins in the hills, sir."

"Dark people. Yellow eyes. Martians. Very friendly...I'm sure our relations will be most friendly with them, sir."

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

b. At any moment the Martian air might draw his soul from him.

c. A few tremblings shook him, but were carried off in waves of pleasant heat as he lay in the sun.

a. The man felt... the tissues of his body draw tight as if he were standing at the center of a vacuum.

d. 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 describes how wind can overpower solid objects.

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

It suggests that the wind is a powerful river.

It shows that the house is near a river.

Which of the following quotations from “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” contains the clearest example of personification?

"I feel like a salt crystal," he said, "in a mountain stream, being washed away."

"The children, small seeds, might at any instant be sown to all the Martian climes."

"This was the moment Mars had waited for. Now, it would eat them."

"The morning paper was toast-warm from the 6 A.M. Earth rocket."

Part A: Read this excerpt from "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed."
Summer burned the canals dry. Summer moved like flame upon the meadows. In the empty Earth settlement, the painted houses flaked and peeled. Rubber tires upon which children had swung in back yards hung suspended like stopped lock pendulums in the blazing air.

Which of the following best expresses the meaning of the underlined sentence in this excerpt?

The rubber tire swings are no longer used as playthings.

The rubber tire swings are peeling in the harsh summer sun.

The rubber tire swings swing back and forth in the breeze.

The rubber tire swings are too hot to play on.

How does the use of figurative language most clearly add to the literal meaning of the underlined sentence excerpted in Part A (#17)?

a. It suggests fear for the safety of the children.

c. It expresses loss while suggesting the power of Mars.

d. It suggests dread that the settlers will return to revive the settlement.

b. It conveys a sense of nostalgia for life on Earth.

Both the story text and the radio play versions of 'Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed' include Harry Bittering as a character. Which statement best explains how the two versions develop his character?

d. The story text’s specific focus on Harry develops a stronger character than the radio play’s focus on his entire family does.

c. The radio play’s dialogue and the actor’s interpretation of it create a better sense of his feelings than the story text’s narration does.

b. The radio play’s music and sound effects build on Harry’s thoughts and fears, which are not as well supported in the story text.

a. The story text’s narration directly reveals Harry’s thoughts and feelings, which must be inferred through his dialogue in the radio play.

Which of the following are the most significant differences between the story and the radio play version of 'Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed'? Choose three options.

d. The ideas presented in the story’s narration are often left out or presented in dialogue in the radio play.

a. The story features fewer characters than the radio play does.

f. The actors in the radio play interpret the characters’ traits and emotions differently from the way described in the story.

b. The children play a smaller role in the radio play than they do in the story text.

e. The radio play not only relies on the words of the text but also adds sound effects, music, and silence to bring the story to life.

c. The adaptation for the radio play leaves out important information from the written story.

Which statement best describes the effect of beginning the radio play version of 'Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed' with an excerpt from the middle of the story text?

a. Starting with this excerpt quickly establishes Mars as a threat and creates a feeling of dread in the audience.

d. The introductory excerpt sets up the audience to be surprised by the twist at the end of the plot.

c. Beginning in the middle of the plot makes the radio play seem more modern than the text.

b. Because the excerpt is out of context, it makes little sense until the radio play reaches the middle of the plot.

Put the radio play story in the correct order. 

The family goes to swim in the canals

2

The family moves to the Martian villas.

1

The family moves to Mars and builds their home. 

4

The father says Mars has been waiting for them. 

5

The rocketmen have come to rescue the stranded Mars villagers.

3

The father learns Martian in the radio play and the original story. 

True

False

In the radio play, the father doesn't discuss names over and over again as he does in the original story. 

True

False

In the radio play, the family is swimming in the canal when the dad asks about their changing eyes. She says that children's eye color changes the older they get. The dad thinks, "Maybe we're children too...at least to Mars."

What does the underlined sentence mean?

Mars will help them become more mature. 

Mars will change people over time just like children change over time on Earth. 

Things change because people mature. 

If people can change, then Mars can too. 

In the radio play, the rescue crew meets the Martians in the mountain villas. When the lieutenant reports back to his captain, he tells him that the men are "tall, healthy men." The original story says the same thing.

True

False

The first setting of both story versions is the mountain villas of Mars. 

True

False

What type of figurative language is shown in the second sentence of the story?
"Its lid gave a bulging pop."

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Personification

Hyperbole

This sentence from the story is an example of hyperbole.
"And the lawn in front of their house very quietly and slowly was coloring itself like spring violets."

True

False

The family was happier living as Martians than they were in their first home on Mars.

True

False

"Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" Assessment

"Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" Assessment

What is Harry Bittering’s main emotion in the first half of "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed"?

Which event in "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" is most important in preventing the family’s return to Earth?

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

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

Which sentence best describes the Bittering family members at the conclusion of "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed"?

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.

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

Which of the following situations could best illustrate the meaning of forlorn? Base your answer on the meaning of forlorn.

Part A: In “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed,” what does the constant wind on Mars most likely represent?

Part B: Which quotation from “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” best supports the answer to Part A (#9)?

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

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

Part B: Which of these quotations from “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” best supports the answer to Part A (#12)?

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

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

Which of the following quotations from “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” contains the clearest example of personification?

How does the use of figurative language most clearly add to the literal meaning of the underlined sentence excerpted in Part A (#17)?

Both the story text and the radio play versions of 'Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed' include Harry Bittering as a character. Which statement best explains how the two versions develop his character?

Which of the following are the most significant differences between the story and the radio play version of 'Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed'? Choose three options.

Which statement best describes the effect of beginning the radio play version of 'Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed' with an excerpt from the middle of the story text?

Put the radio play story in the correct order.

The father learns Martian in the radio play and the original story.

In the radio play, the father doesn't discuss names over and over again as he does in the original story.

In the radio play, the family is swimming in the canal when the dad asks about their changing eyes. She says that children's eye color changes the older they get. The dad thinks, "Maybe we're children too...at least to Mars."What does the underlined sentence mean?

In the radio play, the rescue crew meets the Martians in the mountain villas. When the lieutenant reports back to his captain, he tells him that the men are "tall, healthy men." The original story says the same thing.

The first setting of both story versions is the mountain villas of Mars.

What type of figurative language is shown in the second sentence of the story?"Its lid gave a bulging pop."

This sentence from the story is an example of hyperbole."And the lawn in front of their house very quietly and slowly was coloring itself like spring violets."

The family was happier living as Martians than they were in their first home on Mars.

In the radio play, the family is swimming in the canal when the dad asks about their changing eyes. She says that children's eye color changes the older they get. The dad thinks, "Maybe we're children too...at least to Mars."

What does the underlined sentence mean?

What type of figurative language is shown in the second sentence of the story?
"Its lid gave a bulging pop."

This sentence from the story is an example of hyperbole.
"And the lawn in front of their house very quietly and slowly was coloring itself like spring violets."