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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 possibility do Jan Rodricks and Rupert Boyce discuss in Chapter 11?
(a) The rumor that the invaders are dying of an Earth disease.
(b) The chance that a human might go to the aliens' home planet.
(c) The interbreeding of the aliens with humans.
(d) The opportunity of forcing the invaders to leave.

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

3. Although the media are very critical of Karellen's rule, the majority of humans are in favor of what?
(a) Karellen's goal of transporting all humans to another planet.
(b) Karellen's goal of ending global warming.
(c) Karellen's goal of ending racism.
(d) Karellen's goal of world peace.

4. Why does Rupert Boyce hold special interest for the aliens?
(a) The aliens are interested in his new wife.
(b) The aliens are interested in his political views.
(c) The aliens are interested in his veterinary work.
(d) The aliens are interested in his library.

5. Where does Jan Rodricks meet Professor Sullivan?
(a) In the Gulf of Mexico.
(b) In the Mediterranean Sea.
(c) In the North Sea.
(d) In the South Pacifc Basin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the role of Rikki Stormgren?

2. What special day does Chapter 5 deal with?

3. What message does Karellen give Pieter Van Ryberg after Van Ryberg shares information about Rikki Stormgren's abduction?

4. Why are newspapers of little value?

5. What is the first thing the spectators experience after a spaceship lands?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the journalists and spectators waiting in anticipation at the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. How is Rikki Stormgren freed from the group that has kidnapped him?

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

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

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

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