Part A: Answer the following questions before you finish the story. 1. Describe Jason in detail, including his appearance and his personality. How did he decide to become a geologist?

2. What kind of spacesuit and spaceship did Jason have?

3. What other missions had been to Mars, and what did they accomplish?

4. Why did other scientists believe that there had been an ancient civilization on Mars? What evidence supported this
theory?

5. Describe the scientists' reaction to the pictures of the circular metallic object.

6. What happened when Jason returned to Earth? How was he received because of the discovery of this circular metal
object?

7. Did Earth scientists excavate the circular object? How did they do that? Was Jason part of the excavation? Why or why
not?

8. Describe the circular object in detail. What was it, and what could it do? Was it from an ancient Martian civilization?

(Story is there as well)

Asking questions from a text while reading with what?

What is the theme of the poem, my tongue is divided into two by quique aviles? my tongue is divided into twoby virtue, coincidence or heavenwords jumping out of my mouthstepping on each otherenjoying being a voice for the messageexpecting conclusionsmy tongue is divided into twointo heavy accent bits of confusioninto miracles and accidentssaying things that hurt the heartdrowning in a language that lives, jumps, translatesmy tongue is divided by natureby our crazy desire to triumph and conquerthis tongue is cut up into equal piecesone wants to curse and sing out loudthe other one simply wants to ask for watermy tongue is divided into twoone side likes to partythe other one takes refuge in prayingtongueenglish of the funny soundstonguefunny sounds in englishtonguesounds funny in englishtonguein funny english soundsmy tongue sometimes acts like twoand it goes crazynot knowing which side should be speakingwhich side translatingmy tongue is divided into twoa border patrol runs through the middlefrisking wordsasking for proper identificationchecking for pronunciationmy tongue is divided into twomy tongue is divided into twoi like my tongueit says what feels righti like my tongueit says what feels rightby quique aviles

In 150 words, explain what northup (in twelve years a slave) could have done to prevent being kidnapped by hamilton and brown.