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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the leader of the extremist group resentful?
(a) The aliens promote racial intermarriage.
(b) The aliens promote a one-world government.
(c) The aliens are taking away human liberties.
(d) The aliens are making pacifists of mankind.

2. What is Rikki Stormgren able to accomplish on the aliens' ship with the device he carries on board?
(a) Get a glimpse of who he believes to be Karellen.
(b) Determine where the aliens are going after they leave Earth.
(c) He kills Karellen.
(d) Hear details of the invaders' real plans for Earth.

3. How do the aliens deal with Earth's gravity?
(a) They wear weighted belts.
(b) They wear weighted uniforms.
(c) They wear weighted shoes.
(d) They wear antigravity devices.

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

5. How does sunlight affect the aliens?
(a) They have to wear sunglasses.
(b) They die if exposed to direct sunlight for too long.
(c) They have to wear protective clothing.
(d) They have to wear a special-formula sunscreen.

6. What happens when the spectators first see Karellen?
(a) Some vomit.
(b) Some try to attack Karellen.
(c) Some faint.
(d) Some fall to their knees in worship.

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

8. What is the name of the alien visiting with Rupert Boyce in Chapter 7?
(a) Rashaverak.
(b) Abednigo.
(c) Rendivoslak.
(d) Rastafarian.

9. What purpose do the alien ships on or around Earth serve?
(a) To encourage humans.
(b) To intimidate humans.
(c) To ultimately destroy humans.
(d) To keep watch over humans.

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

11. What does Jan Rodricks see on the way to the ocean lab?
(a) Unusual marine life.
(b) Ruins of an alien spaceship.
(c) A mutated whale.
(d) An alien submarine.

12. To whom does Jan Rodricks write a farewell letter?
(a) His sister.
(b) His mother-in-law.
(c) George Greggson.
(d) Rupert Boyce.

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

14. Why are newspapers of little value?
(a) The aliens control all news about humans.
(b) New technology has elimated paper and print.
(c) All world news comes from one biased source.
(d) There are few newsworthy events to report.

15. What do Karellen and his supervisors say they will do in their meeting with Rikki Stormgren in Chapter 4?
(a) Destroy the Earth in 50 years if mankind hasn't been able to remain peaceful.
(b) Depart the Earth in 50 years, leaving mankind with new technology.
(c) Set foot on Earth and reveal themselves in 50 years.
(d) Take 50 humans with them to colonize another planet.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Chapter 2 begin?

2. In what city does Chapter 2 begin?

3. Why does Jan Rodricks go to London?

4. How is the leader of the extremist group described?

5. What does Karellen do to the extremists when Karellen helps Rikki Stormgren escape?

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