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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is killed in the assassination attempt?
(a) Veidt's secretary.
(b) President Kennedy.
(c) President Nixon.
(d) Veidt's girlfriend.

2. What was unusual about Dollar Bill's death?
(a) His cape became caught in the door of a bank vault and he was strangled.
(b) His cape became caught in the door of a bank vault & he was shot.
(c) He died laughing at one of The Comedian's jokes.
(d) His cape was caught in the wheels of a moving car and he was strangled.

3. What did Hooded Justice do after his HUAAC appearance?
(a) He went to Russia.
(b) He vanished.
(c) He wrote a play about it.
(d) He complained to the President about it.

4. What is unusual about Jon Osterman?
(a) He never cuts his hair and wears it like a cloak.
(b) He always wears a clown's mask.
(c) He is blue and wears very shiny clothes.
(d) He is blue, naked, bald and has immense superpowers.

5. Where was Hollis born?
(a) Montana.
(b) Miami Beach.
(c) Melbourne.
(d) Minnesota.

6. Who carried a sign announcing that the world would end soon?
(a) A haggard-looking priest.
(b) A haggard-looking vagrant.
(c) A Salvation Army officer.
(d) An enviromental protestor.

7. About which group does this extract provide information?
(a) The Minutemen.
(b) The Byrds.
(c) The CIA.
(d) The Mothmen.

8. Who does Dan think responsible for the murder of Blake?
(a) A vagrant.
(b) An ex-girlfriend.
(c) Nazi punks.
(d) Communists.

9. Who did Silk Spectre marry in 1947?
(a) Mothman.
(b) Shexnayder.
(c) Hooded Justice.
(d) The Comedian.

10. Why did a man slaughter his wife and family?
(a) Anxiety over an impending attack by Iraq.
(b) Anxiety over the end of the world.
(c) Anxiety over impending war with Russia.
(d) Anxiety over an asteroid collision.

11. How significant is Hollis in the story?
(a) He is a minor character.
(b) He is the main character.
(c) He is the narrator.
(d) He is the antagonist.

12. In what part of town does Jacobi live?
(a) An ordinary middle class neighborhood.
(b) An ordinary working class neighbourhood.
(c) The seedy part of town.
(d) The bohemian part of town.

13. In what year did Hollis become the original Night Owl?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1929.

14. Where does Jon meet Laurie?
(a) At Captain Metropolis's meeting.
(b) At a dinner party with President Nixon.
(c) On Miami beach.
(d) At Captain Metropolis's funeral.

15. What was the focus of the riots Dan helped to suppress?
(a) They were against the war in Vietnam.
(b) They were about civil rights.
(c) They were against the police.
(d) They were pro (in favor of) the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jon return to the lab on the night of his accident?

2. Who are the women who attend Captain Metropolis's meeting?

3. How does Jon account for his reappearance?

4. Who was the first-ever real-life costumed hero?

5. What do the detectives talk about as they leave the apartment?

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