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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jubal Hershaw write?
(a) with a computer
(b) with a pen and paper
(c) talking into a recorder
(d) dictating to his secretary

2. Who shows up at Jubal's gates with Michael?
(a) Henry Far
(b) Ben
(c) Mrs. Douglas
(d) Jill

3. What does Duke finally threaten?
(a) to kill Michael
(b) to call the press
(c) to call the police
(d) to leave Jubal's

4. Where does Jill meet Ben?
(a) at his office
(b) a movie theater
(c) a public landing area
(d) a restaurant

5. Why does Michael think he may not be human?
(a) he can't laugh
(b) his first language was Martian
(c) he doesn't cry
(d) he can do many things humans can't

6. What did the crew of the Envoy leave Michael?
(a) some gold in a deposit box
(b) stock purchases
(c) a wrecked ship
(d) their names

7. What does Duke brag about as far as Michael goes?
(a) that he is smarter
(b) that he is superior
(c) that he is more spiritual
(d) that he can beat him up

8. How many married couples explored Mars 25 years before this book began?
(a) two
(b) three
(c) four
(d) six

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

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

11. What journalist calls Jill and asks to see her?
(a) Ben Caxton
(b) Susan Jaulosi
(c) Johnny Riter
(d) Penny Olson

12. What does Michael see on television that has him curious?
(a) human sex
(b) dancing
(c) a girlie show
(d) a Fosterite broadcast

13. Why does Ben want to meet secretly?
(a) there's a warrant out for his arrest
(b) so the media won't spot them
(c) he's shy
(d) so the army won't find them

14. What happens to the surviving nymphs?
(a) go to other planets
(b) produce eggs
(c) join the colony underground
(d) become human

15. What does Gillian give Michael?
(a) some candy
(b) a suit of clothes
(c) a drink of water
(d) some pills

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jill get Michael out of the hospital?

2. What does Jubal discover about Michael and religion?

3. How does Jill go to meet Ben?

4. What happens to the body of a dead Martian?

5. What does Ben decide to do after he watches the interview on television?

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