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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: His Preposterous Heritage, Chapter 11 - 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jill think about the interview on television with Michael?
(a) it is not very long
(b) it is funny
(c) it is a fake
(d) it is interesting

2. Why does Ben demand to see Michael?
(a) because Michael wants to see him
(b) because Ben is a journalist
(c) because Michael is rich
(d) the male interviewer might be an imposter

3. Why does Michael have to adjust mentally and emotionally?
(a) he never knew his mother
(b) he's never heard a human talk
(c) he was raised on logic
(d) he's more Martian than human

4. What happens to Ben when the taxi locks him inside?
(a) he falls asleep
(b) he is killed
(c) he is given a verbal message
(d) he is gassed

5. What happens to the adult crews on Mars before this book begins?
(a) they died
(b) they went on to Jupiter
(c) they returned to earth
(d) they stayed on Mars

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Michael need a water bed when he first comes to earth?

2. What did Gillian unknowingly do when she accepted a drink from Michael?

3. What does Michael call his waterbed?

4. How did the human baby return to Earth?

5. What might, by Earth standards, Michael own outright?

(see the answer key)

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