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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. According to Karellen, what will humans develop?
(a) Immortality.
(b) A form of energy the higher power can feed from.
(c) Telepathic abilities.
(d) The ability to travel at warp speed.

2. How does Karellen explain mankind's understanding of the invaders' devil-like appearance to Jan Rodricks?
(a) The invaders made cave paintings of themselves in areas where humans had not yet emerged.
(b) The invaders can morph into whatever appearance they please.
(c) Some people throughout history have had psychic visions of the invaders.
(d) The invaders appeared to early man.

3. What comes as a warning prior to the tsunami?
(a) A television broadcast.
(b) A siren.
(c) Police going door-to-door.
(d) A telepathic warning from the invaders.

4. What is the name of George Greggson's daughter?
(a) Elizabeth Anne.
(b) Carol Anne.
(c) Jennifer Anne.
(d) Pepper Anne.

5. Why is Karellen sad for his race?
(a) It is becoming extinct.
(b) It is trapped by the Overmind.
(c) It will never reach the potential of the new race on Earth.
(d) It is forced to perform the same tasks on some other planet as it did Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the device Karellen employs in the pressroom do?

2. What is it that Jeffrey Greggson no longer needs as he seems to be changing into another life form?

3. Which invader does George Greggson meet with?

4. What happens to the Earth?

5. Where does Karellen send one of his fellow invaders?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jan Rodricks observe after the Overlords depart and leave him as the last person on Earth, and what does he wonder about the Overlords and his role at the end?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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