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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Rupert Boyce live?
(a) In the middle of the Amazon jungle.
(b) In southeast Asia.
(c) In New York City.
(d) In the middle of the African jungle.

2. What is the name of Rupert Boyce's new wife?
(a) Minga.
(b) Maya.
(c) Mingya.
(d) Maia.

3. Why do the invaders want to keep tabs on Jan Rodricks?
(a) They think he may be showing psychic ability.
(b) They think that he is a threat to their influence on Earth.
(c) They think he is planning an insurrection againt the invaders.
(d) They are suspicious of his interest in their home planet.

4. Where do Rikki Stormgren and Pierre Duval meet to discuss Stormgren's findings on board the alien ship?
(a) League of Nations.
(b) Science Bureau.
(c) The Freedom League.
(d) Stormgren's Office.

5. 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 are humans from the future.
(c) The invaders have no physical form - they are pure energy.
(d) The invaders are not living beings at all - they are androids.

6. What biblical story does Jan Rodricks refer to in his farewell letter?
(a) The Good Samaritan.
(b) Jonah and the Whale.
(c) David and Goliath.
(d) Noah's Ark.

7. What message does Karellen give Pieter Van Ryberg after Van Ryberg shares information about Rikki Stormgren's abduction?
(a) "I will locate Stormgren."
(b) "Use your best judgment."
(c) "We will make our appearance very soon."
(d) "I will now communicate only with you."

8. What happens to those invited on board the alien ship?
(a) They are levitated on board.
(b) They are beamed on board.
(c) They are morphed into different beings.
(d) They are executed.

9. How does Pierre Duval conclude that Rikki Stormgren can see Karellen?
(a) By luring Karellen outside of the alien ship.
(b) By using night-vision goggles.
(c) By using an ultraviolet light.
(d) By shining a bright flashlight through a two-way screen.

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

11. What does Jan Rodricks' mother do?
(a) She is an astronomer.
(b) She is a guidance counselor.
(c) She is a college professor.
(d) She is a high school teacher.

12. What are the invaders known as?
(a) Overlords.
(b) Masterminds.
(c) Overminds.
(d) Peacemakers.

13. In his farewell letter, what does Jan Rodricks express frustration about?
(a) Being unable to discern the invaders' true motives.
(b) Being held hostage on Earth.
(c) Being unsure of his next step.
(d) Being unable to find the invaders' weak points.

14. In what year does Chapter 2 begin?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1990.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Rikki Stormgren being held captive?

2. What is the name of the space shuttle being launched in Chapter 1?

3. How does Earth's atmosphere affect the aliens?

4. Who is the scientist responsible for the Russian space launch?

5. Where do the aliens come from?

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