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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 does Jan Rodricks see has happened to the children of Earth?
(a) They all look identical.
(b) They have taken on the appearance of the invaders.
(c) They have all been located together on one continent.
(d) They have been scattered to all the continents of Earth.

2. What is Jennifer Greggson able to do as she begins to show evidences of change in Chapter 18?
(a) Levitate.
(b) Read her parents' minds.
(c) Shake a rattle without touching it.
(d) Speak in the same language as the invaders.

3. Why does Professor Sullivan build a decoy whale?
(a) The decoy will be easier for Jan to stow away in.
(b) A real whale would be too heavy for the alien ship.
(c) It's easier to fabricate a decoy than to "stuff" a real whale.
(d) A real whale would decompose.

4. Charles Yan Sen compares the aliens' cultivation of Earth to:
(a) Raising puppies.
(b) Zookeeping.
(c) Human child-rearing practices.
(d) An anthropological experiment.

5. What do the aliens do with the children in Chapter 21?
(a) Vaccinate them.
(b) Evacuate them.
(c) Put them in suspended animation.
(d) Unite them with their parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jan Rodricks see in the museum he visits?

2. What does Rashaverak tell George Greggson and Jean Morrel about their children?

3. What does Jan Rodricks observe that he also saw on the aliens' home planet?

4. Why did the invaders build Utopia?

5. What does Karellen plan to do with the children?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was New Athens founded, by whom, and what is its greatest artistic achievement?

3. Why do George Greggson and Jean Morrel move to New Athens? Describe their adjustment to their new home.

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

5. What happens at the council meeting between the leaders of New Athens and the Overlord "Inspector," Thanthalteresco? How does Thanthalteresco respond to Dr. Sen's comments?

6. How does Jan Rodricks respond when approaching Earth on his return, and why?

7. What is symbolic about the whale and the squid, especially in light of the end of the novel?

8. What is ironic about Jan Rodricks' return to Earth?

9. Explain the nature of Jeffrey Greggson's dreams as revealed in Chapter 18 and how the Overlords evaluate what is happening to him.

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

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