This junior high school study guide supplements Gore Vidal's "Visit to a Small Planet." Included are quizzes (with answer keys) and teaching suggestions on the presentation of the opus, oral reports, reading comprehension, various acts of the play, vocabulary and word analysis, sentence patterns and tranformations, language usage, composition, allusion, theme, and character analysis. Also provided are a pre- and post-test with answer keys. The guide is designed to provide students with an understanding of science fiction and drama, to enable students to recognize science fiction and drama conventions, and to enable students to read or view science fiction and drama critically. (HOD)