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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the travel agency that William and Susan Travis used to travel to 1938?
(a) Back in Time, Inc.
(b) Travel in Time, Inc.
(c) Back to the Past, Ltd.
(d) Time Travelers, Ltd.

2. What disease does Saul Williams have that put him in quarantine on Mars?
(a) Chronic cough syndrome.
(b) Blood rust.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Tuberculosis.

3. Where do Mary and Henry Morris hide from the children at five o'clock?
(a) In their bedroom.
(b) In the garage.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In the cellar.

4. When the Bodonis draw straws to see who will ride on a rocket, who draws the short straw the first time?
(a) Miriamne.
(b) Lorenzo.
(c) Mrs. Bodoni.
(d) Antonello.

5. What did Saul Williams and another sick man discuss six months ago?
(a) Plato.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Epicurus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the film director of the American motion picture company that William and Susan Travis observe?

2. Why does Mary Morris's friend Helen call her?

3. How old are Smith and Braling?

4. What time does Mink say zero hour will be?

5. What is the doctor's name in "No Particular Night or Morning"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has the city waited twenty thousand years for men from Earth?

2. What choice does Ettil believe he has after landing on Earth?

3. What does Bramante say will happen if only one member of Bodoni's family goes to Mars?

4. What does Drill promise the children if they help with the invasion?

5. What does Mr. Machen say would happen to the banned authors if all their works were destroyed?

6. Why does Ettil believe that a Martian invasion of Earth will fail?

7. Where else are children playing Invasion?

8. Why are men exiled to Mars in "The Visitor"?

9. What are William and Susan Travis's real names and where are they from?

10. What does Braling 2 do with Braling?

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