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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of people working less?
(a) People have more time for scientific research.
(b) People have become atrophied.
(c) People have more time for leisure.
(d) People have more time to devote to family.

2. In Chapter 11, what does Jan Rodricks want Professor Sullivan to help him do?
(a) Sneak onto the alien spaceship.
(b) Use the submarine to go into hiding.
(c) Put a tracking/listening device inside one of the animals the aliens are taking.
(d) Catalog the new forms of sea life he has discovered.

3. What has happened to the countries of Earth?
(a) They have been divided into four geographic regions.
(b) They are all united, but have kept their original names.
(c) Each one has been given autonomy over their people.
(d) Each country has an ambassador to the aliens.

4. Why do the extremists kidnap Rikki Stormgren?
(a) The extremists want to hide the aliens' only human contact from them.
(b) The extremists want to know how Rikki Stormgren communicates with the Overlords.
(c) The extremists want to hold Rikki Stormgren for ransom.
(d) The extremists want to brainwash Rikki Stormgren so that he will adopt their views.

5. What do the journalists and spectators present on the day the aliens reveal themselves want to experience?
(a) A tour of the spaceship.
(b) A first glimpse of the aliens.
(c) A photo op with the aliens.
(d) A direct word from Karellen.

6. Why does Jan Rodricks go to London?
(a) To attend a scientific symposium.
(b) To attend the International Astronomical Union.
(c) To meet with several of the aliens.
(d) To attend the League of Nations.

7. Where can the alien spacecraft be found in the second part of Chapter 2?
(a) Hovering over Earth's major cities.
(b) Concentrated over New York City.
(c) Resting on open land around Earth's major cities.
(d) In continual orbit around the Earth.

8. What is Karellen known as?
(a) Supervisor of Planetary Colonization.
(b) Supervisor for Peace.
(c) Supervisor of Humanity.
(d) Supervisor for Earth.

9. What does Professor Sullivan agree to help Jan Rodricks do?
(a) Hide him from the invaders.
(b) Learn the native tongue of the invaders.
(c) Write his memoirs.
(d) Help him with his experiment.

10. What does the fax Rikki Stormgren receives from the Freedom League say?
(a) The invaders are not living beings at all - they are androids.
(b) The invaders have no physical form - they are pure energy.
(c) The invaders are humans from the future.
(d) The identity of the invaders is too hideous to reveal.

11. What is Alexander Wainwright's chief issue with the occupation by the alien invaders?
(a) They are contributing to global warming.
(b) They are draining Earth's resources.
(c) They are frightening children.
(d) They are playing God.

12. Where does the second half of Chapter 1 take place?
(a) Lake Lucerne, Switzerland.
(b) Lake Voyenno, Russia.
(c) Lake City, Florida.
(d) Lake Baikal, Russia.

13. Who is Pierre Duval?
(a) Head of the League of Nations.
(b) Head of National Security.
(c) Head of the Internal Revenue Service.
(d) Head of the Science Bureau.

14. What group is reserved for the most important people on Earth?
(a) Category Red.
(b) Category Purple.
(c) Category Green.
(d) Category Orange.

15. What common ailment or condition does Rikki Stormgren suffer from?
(a) Cataracts.
(b) Insomnia.
(c) Ulcers.
(d) Depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What special day does Chapter 5 deal with?

2. How does Pierre Duval conclude that Rikki Stormgren can see Karellen?

3. Why are professional sports obsolete?

4. In what year does Chapter 1 take place?

5. What is the role of Rikki Stormgren?

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