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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 causing grief to people all over the world?
(a) The loss of their children.
(b) The loss of their minds.
(c) The loss of their planet.
(d) The loss of their freedom.

2. Who is Thanthalteresco?
(a) The peacekeeper.
(b) The inspector.
(c) The professor.
(d) The enforcer.

3. What does watching what the invaders do with the children remind George Greggson of?
(a) The Exodus.
(b) An old newsreel from one of the world wars.
(c) The Trail of Tears.
(d) The fall of Saigon.

4. Why is Professor Sullivan sad in Chapter 13?
(a) He realizes he will not be able to do any more research on the aliens.
(b) He believes that Jan Rodricks should stay on Earth.
(c) He believes that he should be stowing away on the alien ship.
(d) He knows he will never see Jan Rodricks again.

5. What does Karellen state was the reason for his occupation of Earth?
(a) To unite all the nations of the Earth under a one-world government.
(b) To stop the advancements in science that would have potentially destroyed Earth.
(c) To keep humans from destroying themselves.
(d) To keep humans fron destroying the Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Vindarten?

2. Why is Karellen sad for his race?

3. Who offers the primary point of view in Chapter 14?

4. What do the children do three years later when their minds are more closely connected?

5. What bothers George Greggson about Jan Rodricks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the results of the tsunami on George Greggson's family?

2. During the press conference at which Karellen says that Jan Rodricks has stowed away on the Overlords' spaceship, what part of Karellen's nature does he reveal?

3. According to Karellen, why did the Overlords build Utopia, and what is his desire for mankind?

4. Explain George Greggson's observations and feelings at the beginning of Chapter 21.

5. Why are George Greggson and Jean Morrel spending more time with their children in Chapter 19?

6. Why are people worldwide grieving after George Greggson and Jean Morrel's children begin to change?

7. In his radio address in Chapter 20, what does Karellen explain is his reason for occupying the planet?

8. How does Karellen explain to Jan Rodricks mankind's ancient fear of the satanic appearance of the Overlords?

9. What does Karellen reveal during his weekly press conference in Chapter 14, and how does he justify the Overlords' actions based on their revelation during the conference?

10. Why do the Overlords watch George Greggson's children?

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