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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has revolutionized the Earth's economy?
(a) There is a one-world currency.
(b) The aliens have introduced a new breed of primate that does all the work.
(c) Machines now do all the work.
(d) There is no longer the need for currency.

2. What did Jan Rodricks' father do?
(a) He was a wrestler.
(b) He was a magician.
(c) He was a lounge singer.
(d) He was a clown.

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

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

5. Why do some humans still work?
(a) To serve others.
(b) To serve the aliens.
(c) To buy luxuries.
(d) To work on communal farms.

6. 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 photo op with the aliens.
(c) A first glimpse of the aliens.
(d) A direct word from Karellen.

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

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

9. What is the role of Rikki Stormgren?
(a) Head of the Centers for Disease Control.
(b) Director of the League of Nations.
(c) Secretary-General of the United Nations.
(d) President of the United States.

10. What does Karellen believe can achieve political harmony?
(a) The forceful use of power.
(b) The elimination of religion.
(c) The tactful use of power.
(d) The elimination of illiteracy.

11. What is Pieter Van Ryberg's theory?
(a) The invaders are searching for a home.
(b) The invaders came to Earth to collect animals and humans for a galactic zoo.
(c) The invaders have secretly been on Earth for centuries.
(d) The invaders want to take humans as mates.

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

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

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

15. Who is the first person Rikki Stormgren meets after his abduction?
(a) Frank.
(b) Joe.
(c) Tom.
(d) Fred.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does George Greggson desire to do with Jean Morrel?

2. What biblical story does Jan Rodricks refer to in his farewell letter?

3. Where does Rupert Boyce live?

4. Where did the American scientist and Russian scientist in Chapter 1 serve together at the end of WWII?

5. How does sunlight affect the aliens?

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