Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Mark and his brother Jason both were looking at the shining new computer enviously. Jason was determined not to go against their father's wishes but Mark was more adventurous than his brother. He loved experimenting and his aim was to become a scientist like his father.

"Dad will be really mad if he finds out you've been playing with his new computer." Jason said, "He told us not to touch it."

"He won't find out." Mark said, "I'll just have a quick look and shut it down."

Mark had been scolded before for touching his father's equipment. But his curiosity was difficult to control and this new computer really puzzled him.

It was a strange-looking machine -one his dad had brought home from the laboratory where he worked. "It's an experimental model," his father had explained, "so don't touch it under any circumstances." But his warning only served to make Mark more curious. Without any further thought, Mark turned on the power switch. The computer burst into life and seconds later, the screen turned into color1s, shifting and changing and then two big white words appeared in the center of the screen: "SPACE TRANSPORTER."

"Yes!" Mark cried excitedly, "It's a computer game. I knew it! Dad's only been pretending to work. He's really been playing games instead." A new message appeared on the screen:

ENTER NAMES

VOYAGER 1: ... VOYAGER 2: ...

Mark's fingers flew across the keyboard as he typed in both of their names.

INPUT ACCEPTED. START TRANSPORT PROGRAM. AUTO-RETRIEVE INITIATED

The screen turned even brighter and a noise suddenly rose in volume.

"I think we'd better shut it off, Mark," Jason yelled, reaching for the power switch. He was really frightened.

But his hand never reached the switch. A single beam of dazzling white light burst out of the computer screen, wrapping the boys in its glow , until they themselves seemed to be glowing. Then it died down just as suddenly as it had burst into life. And the boys were no longer there. On the screen, the letters changed.

TRANSPORT SUCCESSFUL. DESTINATION: MARS. RETRIEVE DATE: 2025.

1. Who was going to be upset about something?
2. About what?
3. Did Jason encourage Mark to play with it?
4. What did he tell his brother?
5. Had Mark ever disobeyed before?
6. So why was he doing so again?
7. Did Dad buy the Computer at Best Buy?
8. Where did he get it?
9. What was on the screen when he turned it on?
10. Did the computer ask for any information?
11. What did it request?
12. Did Jason think it was a game?
13. Who did?
14. Did anything happen when the names were entered?
15. Did the room grow dark and quiet?
16. Was it loud?
17. Did this scare anyone?
18. Who?
19. What did he want to do?
20. WAs he able to do that?
1. Dad
2. About the children playing with the computer
3. No
4. His dad told them not to touch it
5. Yes
6. His curiosity was difficult to control
7. No
8. From the laboratory where he worked
9. The words "SPACE TRANSPORTER."
10. Yes
11. Enter Names
12. No
13. Mark
14. A message of "INPUT ACCEPTED. START TRANSPORT PROGRAM. AUTO-RETRIEVE INITIATED" came on screen
15. No
16. Yes
17. Yes
18. Jason
19. To shut it off
20. No