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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. In "The Concrete Mixer", what is presented to the Martians during the welcoming speeches?
(a) 2-ton truck full of grapefruit.
(b) 3 tons of lemons.
(c) A railroad car full of popcorn.
(d) A railroad car full of soft drinks.

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

3. What is the date at the beginning of "The Fox & the Forest"?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1919.

4. Where else are the children playing Invasion?
(a) Youngstown.
(b) Rockville.
(c) Trenton.
(d) Scranton.

5. In "The Exiles", what is the date?
(a) 2099.
(b) 2120.
(c) 2100.
(d) 2089.

Short Answer Questions

1. Banned authors now live on Mars. When were their books banned on Earth?

2. How long has Bodoni worked in his junk yard?

3. What begins to form on the empty space upon the Illustrated Man's back?

4. Where does the narrator run to?

5. Where does Clemens's girl live?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the city do to the captain of the rocket ship?

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

4. What tattoo begins to form after the narrator has seen the stories on the Illustrated Man?

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

6. Where else are children playing Invasion?

7. What does Braling 2 do with Braling?

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

9. Why did Hitchcock decide to go into space?

10. How did William Travis kill Mr. Simms?

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