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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 is true about Earth in the 21st century?
(a) It has become totally communist.
(b) It has begun the colonization of other planets.
(c) It has reached Utopia.
(d) It has become totally socialist.

2. What truth is revealed about the alien spaceships?
(a) The spaceships were equipped with weapons that could destroy Earth.
(b) The spaceships were actually made on Earth eons earlier.
(c) There was only one spaceship.
(d) The spaceships used warp drive to reach Earth.

3. Where does Jan Rodricks attend school?
(a) The University of Cape Town.
(b) The University of Phoenix.
(c) The State University of New York.
(d) The University of Cairo.

4. Why does Jan Rodricks go to London?
(a) To attend a scientific symposium.
(b) To attend the League of Nations.
(c) To meet with several of the aliens.
(d) To attend the International Astronomical Union.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the reporter ask Rikki Stormgren 50 years after his final encounter with Karellen?

2. What does Karellen give Rikki Stormgren after Stormgren's meeting with Pierre Duval?

3. Against what country do the invaders take direct action?

4. What is the name of Rupert Boyce's new wife?

5. What is the name of the colonel from Technical Intelligence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What game does Rupert Boyce play with his remaining guests, and why?

3. Why are professional sports almost obsolete in 2050?

4. 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?

5. What is Karellen's philosophy about world order that he shares with Rikki Stormgren?

6. How are George Greggson and Jean Morrel introduced in Chapter 7?

7. What is the role of the American scientist Reinhold Hoffmann?

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. List at least two facts about each of Jan Rodricks' parents. How have his parents influenced who he is?

10. Who is Pierre Duval, and what is his significance in the story?

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