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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes up the text of "The Manned Missiles?"
(a) Letters.
(b) Diary entries.
(c) TV commercials.
(d) Songs.

2. What does EPICAC create for the narrator?
(a) Solutions to math problems.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Poems.
(d) Spreadsheets.

3. Where do Heinz and Sousa go after the birth of their children?
(a) To a bar.
(b) To a different waiting room.
(c) To a gas station.
(d) Back to work.

4. Where does David apply for a job?
(a) Deer Works.
(b) Illiam Works.
(c) Radium Works.
(d) Metal Works.

5. When George and the narrator drink together, who does George call?
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) His ex-wife.
(c) His son's friend.
(d) His son.

6. Why does George Heinzhold drive to his school in the middle of the night?
(a) He gets a call about a robbery.
(b) He thinks he forgot to shut off his lights.
(c) He has a dream that sends him there.
(d) He can't fall asleep.

7. In "The Manned Missiles," how do Ivankov and Ashland and know each other?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) They went to school together.
(c) Their sons both died.
(d) Their houses burn down.

8. Why doesn't Heinz use the phones like the other new fathers?
(a) He isn't happy about the birth of his son.
(b) He can't find the phones.
(c) He didn't bring change.
(d) He has no family to call.

9. What is the name of the project the government wants to test Barnhouse with?
(a) Operation Brainstorm.
(b) Operation Stormquest.
(c) Operation Brainquest.
(d) Operation Stormleader.

10. What is the Pioneers Parade?
(a) A parade to celebrate being amphibious.
(b) A parade to celebrate the fall.
(c) A parade to celebrate peace.
(d) A parade to celebrate being human.

11. In "The Kid Nobody Could Handle," what does George teach?
(a) Band.
(b) Gym.
(c) English.
(d) Math.

12. Who watches over the children?
(a) A nun and a priest.
(b) A carpenter and a mechanic.
(c) A widow and her son.
(d) A teacher and an assistant.

13. Who proposes making household Euphios?
(a) A radio announcer.
(b) A housewife.
(c) An office manager.
(d) A math professor.

14. What does the narrator teach EPICAC?
(a) About love.
(b) About world conflicts.
(c) About current events.
(d) About hate.

15. In "The Hyannis Port Story," who lights the portrait up at night?
(a) The butler.
(b) Robert.
(c) Clarice.
(d) The maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Heinz gets home, what does he say to himself in German?

2. What does the narrator in "Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son" do for a living?

3. Where do the amphibians keep with their bodies?

4. What is Bud known for?

5. What does Pat insist the narrator do on their anniversary in "EPICAC?"

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