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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who calls Jerome to tell him Juwain is ill?
(a) Clayborne.
(b) Airsail.
(c) Jenkins.
(d) Thomas.

2. In "Tale 2", what does Juwain say he plans on changing?
(a) Venus' climate.
(b) City living.
(c) Human evolution.
(d) Space travel.

3. In "Tale 1", what does Gramps feel is jeopardizing cities and civilization?
(a) Automatic machines.
(b) War.
(c) Disease.
(d) A lack of human compassion.

4. What skills help the Dogs to become a master race?
(a) Literacy skills.
(b) Math skills.
(c) Physical skills.
(d) Building skills.

5. What does traveling to Jupiter do to Earth's population?
(a) It creates a baby boom.
(b) It begins a period of starvation.
(c) It decreases it.
(d) It frightens it.

6. Why does Johnny have a problem with where Levi is living?
(a) Because he is squatting there.
(b) Because he built it himself.
(c) Because it needs to be painted.
(d) Because it's too far away.

7. Why does the city Johnny works for want to burn houses?
(a) Because they need to repaired.
(b) Because they are empty.
(c) Because they need heat.
(d) Because they are old.

8. Who interrupts Jerome while he is reading in "Tale 2"?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Timothy.
(c) Jenkins.
(d) Thomas.

9. In "Tale 1", why haven't Betty and Johnny moved yet?
(a) Because of Johnny's job.
(b) Because of a lack of housing.
(c) Because they don't want to leave Gramps.
(d) Because of money issues.

10. Where do Dogs tell stories to their pups?
(a) At home before bedtime.
(b) Each night at dinner.
(c) Around a campfire.
(d) In schools.

11. In "Tale 2", what does Jenkins reveal to Jerome about his father?
(a) He has agoraphobia.
(b) He wants to sell the estate.
(c) He wants to be buried on Mars.
(d) He has money hidden.

12. Why does Bruce want to create eyeglasses for Dogs?
(a) So they can look smarter.
(b) So they can see well enough to read.
(c) So they can see at night.
(d) So they can have sunglasses.

13. In "Tale 3", what power of the Dogs does Grant learn about?
(a) Super-human strength.
(b) Ability to fly.
(c) Psychic ability.
(d) Superior math skills.

14. What gives the Dogs a chance to better their population?
(a) A decline in the amount of humans.
(b) More places to hide while they work.
(c) The medicine they have stored up.
(d) Help from humans.

15. What does Bounce believe the purpose of cities are?
(a) They are used to trick people.
(b) They are just a made-up story.
(c) They are meant to be a prison.
(d) They are the centers of civilization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Jerome read in "Tale 2"?

2. How does the editor suggest reading the Tales?

3. In "Tale 1", what makes Gramps remember his friends that used to live in the neighborhood?

4. What advancements has Jerome helped the martians with?

5. In the Preface, when does the editor tell the reader to expect the Dogs to have control of North America?

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