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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 disgusts Duke about Michael?
(a) that he doesn't speak English well
(b) eating of dead water brothers
(c) that he has killed two people
(d) that he is so frail

2. What does Jubal yell when he wants a secretary?
(a) come
(b) now
(c) front
(d) enter

3. Why does Ben hire a fair witness?
(a) to serve a summons to Douglas
(b) to propose to Jill
(c) to witness Michael's conversation with Jill
(d) to record a conversation at Bethesda Medical Center

4. Where do Larry and Jill put Michael?
(a) on the kitchen table
(b) on the grass by the pool
(c) on the living room couch
(d) in the guest bedroom

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Captain Tromp trying to protect Michael from?

2. Who gave birth on Mars before this book began?

3. How does Michael appear to Duke?

4. What does Ben say about Michael's financial state?

5. How does Jill get Michael out of Ben's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bothers Duke about Michael and how does Jubal handle it?

2. Who went to Mars 25 years before the beginning of this book and what happened to them?

3. Why did Captain Tromp take Michael to the medical center?

4. What does it mean when Jill does as Michael insists?

5. What is grokking and how did Michael learn it?

6. What does Duke brag about in relation to Michael and what does Jubal tell him?

7. What does Ben plan to do about Michael?

8. What does Gillian decide to do at the hospital one day and how does she do it?

9. What does Michael say about his ability to make things disappear?

10. What does Captain Tromp do with Michael when he returns to earth?

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