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?

Part B: Write an ending to the story. Write in complete sentences, using correct punctuation.