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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many languages does Salo speak?

2. How many people survive the crash landing of the ship that Bee and Chrono are on?

3. When Unk sees the crystal structures, he remembers a name. What name does Unk remember?

4. Where does Unk see the message telling him how to get out of the cave?

5. Rumfoord reveals Bee's original Earthly identity. Who did Bee used to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What true purpose does the Martian commandos' attack serve?

2. What is Boaz and Unk's space ship programmed to do when the ship reaches its destination?

3. Why do the harmoniums continue to leave messages in the cave for Unk and Boaz?

4. How does Tralfamadore communicate with Salo?

5. What is the "taste of hell" that the Martian commandos rain down on Earth?

6. When the crowd of people on Earth gather around the newly landed space ship and ask Unk what his name is and what happened to him, how does Unk respond?

7. Why did the power plant on Salo's ship develop problems so that Salo had to land on Titan so many years earlier?

8. What do Rumfoord's waves of materialization coincide with?

9. What purpose does Constant's journey from Earth to Mars to Mercury and back to Earth serve for Rumfoord?

10. What is preventing Unk and Boaz from simply flying their space ship to Earth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Unk struggles to regain the memories that have been stolen from him. What made Unk fight to recover his memories? Why were these memories important to him? What function did memory erasure serve in furthering Rumfoord's mission?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Noel and Malachi Constant. Please be sure to also explore the role of Ransom K. Fern in each of these men's lives.

Essay Topic 3

Compare the relationship of Malachi and Beatrice at the beginning of the story and at the end of the story. What major theme in the novel is showcased in the development of their relationship? Explain and support your answer.

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