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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Rikki Stormgren doesn't show up for work?
(a) The invaders say they have taken Rikki Stormgren into custody.
(b) Pieter Pieter Van Ryberg becomes acting Secretary-General of the U.N.
(c) Pieter Van Ryberg learns that Rikki Stormgren has defected to Russia.
(d) Pieter Van Ryberg is given a private meeting with the head of the invaders.

2. What does Chapter 10 describe?
(a) The state of the world in 2001.
(b) The state of the world in 2025.
(c) The state of the world in 2010.
(d) The state of the world in 2050.

3. Where do the aliens come from?
(a) NGS 549672.
(b) BH 90210.
(c) NCC 1701.
(d) THX 1138.

4. What does Karellen do to the extremists when Karellen helps Rikki Stormgren escape?
(a) Transports them to the alien ship.
(b) Erases their memories.
(c) Causes them to go temporarily blind.
(d) Puts them in a state of temporary paralysis.

5. What does George Greggson desire to do with Jean Morrel?
(a) Use her to spy on the invaders.
(b) Use her for psychic experiments.
(c) Take her into hiding from the invaders.
(d) Make her his wife.

6. How many ships are actually present on or around Earth?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Three.
(c) More than 100.
(d) One.

7. Who is Alexander Wainwright?
(a) Head of the Insurrection.
(b) Head of the Federation.
(c) Head of Interplanetary Study.
(d) Head of the Freedom League.

8. Although the media are very critical of Karellen's rule, the majority of humans are in favor of what?
(a) Karellen's goal of transporting all humans to another planet.
(b) Karellen's goal of ending global warming.
(c) Karellen's goal of ending racism.
(d) Karellen's goal of world peace.

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

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

11. How is the leader of the extremist group described?
(a) An elderly man with gray eyes and a Welsh accent.
(b) An elderly man who walks with a cane and has a Russian accent.
(c) A younger man with blue eyes and a Polish accent.
(d) A balding man with brown eyes and a Chinese accent.

12. What is the name of the colonel from Technical Intelligence?
(a) Lindsley.
(b) North.
(c) Hathi.
(d) Sandmeyer.

13. Where does Jan Rodricks meet Professor Sullivan?
(a) In the North Sea.
(b) In the Mediterranean Sea.
(c) In the South Pacifc Basin.
(d) In the Gulf of Mexico.

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

15. Who is the Assistant Commissioner for Nuclear Science of Russia?
(a) Feodorovitch.
(b) Grigonevitch.
(c) Shoskatovitch.
(d) Morskoy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the reporter ask Rikki Stormgren 50 years after his final encounter with Karellen?

2. What has revolutionized the Earth's economy?

3. What will happen on Earth while Jan Rodricks travels to the alien planet?

4. What purpose do the alien ships on or around Earth serve?

5. What is Karellen holding when he exits the spaceship , showing himself for the first time?

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