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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What special day does Chapter 5 deal with?
(a) The day the aliens begin their methodical destruction of mankind.
(b) The day the aliens reveal themselves.
(c) The day the aliens go back to their home planet.
(d) The day the aliens give ultimatums to Earth.

2. What is the first thing the spectators experience after a spaceship lands?
(a) An earsplitting roar.
(b) Earth tremors.
(c) A blinding flash of light.
(d) Karellen's voice.

3. 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 to devote to family.
(d) People have more time for scientific research.

4. Where can the alien spacecraft be found in the second part of Chapter 2?
(a) Concentrated over New York City.
(b) In continual orbit around the Earth.
(c) Resting on open land around Earth's major cities.
(d) Hovering over Earth's major cities.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What truth is revealed about the alien spaceships?

2. Where does the second half of Chapter 1 take place?

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

4. What does Rikki Stormgren believe about the two races, humans and Overlords?

5. What common ailment or condition does Rikki Stormgren suffer from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rupert Boyce explain the presence of an Overlord, Rashaverak, at his party?

2. Who is Rikki Stormgren, and what is his role?

3. What is so shocking about the Overlords' appearance as revealed in Chapter 5?

4. What happens during Rikki Stormgren's meeting with Karellen in Chapter 4?

5. Why does Karellen want two children to come inside the ship with him?

6. Who are the Overlords, and where are they found at the beginning of Chapter 2?

7. What biblical story does Jan Rodricks refer to in his letter to his sister, and why is that significant?

8. Rikki Stormgren triggers an x-ray device on board the Overlords' ship. Why does Stormgren bring the device on board, and what does the x-ray reveal?

9. What do Jan Rodricks and Rupert Boyce discuss while examining a stuffed elephant at Boyce's home, and why is Rodricks hesitant about telling Boyce the location of the Overlords' planet?

10. How do the Overlords intimidate humans with a ruse?

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