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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of the invaders' home planet?
(a) Marina.
(b) Serena.
(c) Bovina.
(d) Carina.
2. What does George Greggson's eldest son tell him about Thanthalteresco?
(a) He believes Thanthalteresco can read his mind.
(b) He believes Thanthalteresco is dying.
(c) He believes Thanthalteresco saved him from the tsunami.
(d) He believes Thanthalteresco wants to kidnap him.
3. Who is Charles Yan Sen?
(a) A theologian.
(b) A psychiatrist.
(c) A poet.
(d) A philosopher.
4. What does Karellen plan to do with the children?
(a) Quarantine them.
(b) Put them in suspended animation.
(c) Evacuate them.
(d) Leave them with their parents for nurture and care.
5. What does Jan Rodricks observe that he also saw on the aliens' home planet?
(a) A glowing mountain.
(b) A museum.
(c) Aliens flying.
(d) A giant web of light and color covering the atmosphere.
6. What is it that Jeffrey Greggson no longer needs as he seems to be changing into another life form?
(a) Food.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Human interaction.
(d) Exercise.
7. What does watching what the invaders do with the children remind George Greggson of?
(a) The Trail of Tears.
(b) An old newsreel from one of the world wars.
(c) The Exodus.
(d) The fall of Saigon.
8. What does the device Karellen employs in the pressroom do?
(a) It gives those attending the press conference the ability to see the future.
(b) It discerns the thoughts of all those attending the press conference.
(c) It causes those attending the press conference to accept everything they hear from Karellen.
(d) It turns the pressroom into a makeshift planetarium
9. What drug does Jan Rodricks inject himself with after being smuggled on board the alien ship?
(a) Darvocet.
(b) Novocaine.
(c) Narcosamine.
(d) Sodium pentathol.
10. The invaders were sent to Earth by:
(a) The Galactic Empire.
(b) A higher power.
(c) The United Federation of Planets.
(d) The Force.
11. How does Karellen reveal that Jan Rodricks was a stowaway on the alien ship?
(a) Through thought transference.
(b) In a conversation with Professor Sullivan.
(c) On a worldwide broadcast.
(d) At a press conference.
12. What does Jan Rodricks come to realize after his return to Earth from the aliens' planet?
(a) He is an alien himself in human form.
(b) He is responsible for what the aliens have done.
(c) He had the opportunity to stop the aliens and failed to do so.
(d) He is the last man on Earth.
13. What comes as a warning prior to the tsunami?
(a) A television broadcast.
(b) A telepathic warning from the invaders.
(c) A siren.
(d) Police going door-to-door.
14. What does Vindarten do with Jan Rodricks?
(a) Shows Jan Rodricks the future.
(b) Plants his own thoughts in Jan Rodricks' mind.
(c) Tours the planet with him.
(d) Explains the invaders' true purpose for visiting Earth.
15. What does Karellen decide to do as the end of civilization approaches?
(a) Address the world.
(b) Transport people from the Earth to a safe place.
(c) Enslave the world.
(d) Destroy the world.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Karellen explain the invaders' motives for occupying Earth?
2. What do the aliens do with the children in Chapter 21?
3. What is the effect of the drug Jan Rodricks injects himself with?
4. Why is Karellen sad for his race?
5. What alarms Jan Rodricks when he returns to Earth?
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