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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Ben when the taxi locks him inside?

2. Where does Jill hide a tape recorder in Michael's room?

3. How do the secretaries know which one he wants?

4. What does Michael do when Douglas asks him to sign a document?

5. What does Ben suggest to Jill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ben plan to do about Michael?

2. What does Ben do to try to get to talk to Michael and how does that turn out?

3. What does Ben tell Jill about Michael's financial state?

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

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

6. What happened to the baby Mary Smith had on Mars?

7. What happens to Ben after he leaves the hospital?

8. How many levels of his being can Michael control and what does he do in a dormant state?

9. Who does Secretary General Douglas talk to about Michael being missing and why is he reluctant to do that?

10. What does Mrs. Douglas do after her talk with her husband?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Michael's display of power with the police is amazing. He can make people disappear. What if a human being had not only superhuman powers but also superhuman ethics?

1. Do you think anyone should be able to have the power Michael has displayed? Why or why not?

2. What would be the difference in a situation with Michael having super type powers between whether he was a good man or a criminal?

3. What would you do if you had Michael's powers?

Essay Topic 2

All human behavior, all human motivations, all man's hopes and fears, were heavily colored and largely controlled by mankind's tragic and oddly beautiful pattern of reproduction.

1. Why do you think human motivations and cultures would be so influenced by reproduction?

2. How do you think the animals on earth are influenced by reproduction?

3. If humans began to reproduce strictly by science how do you think that would change humanity?

Essay Topic 3

Heinlein introduces a highly important Martian ritual, the sharing of water. This results in the creation of water brothers, people who are tightly coupled beyond the concepts of friendship and marriage.

1. Describe a human ceremony which may be a less tightly bonded version of the water brothers. Compare the two.

2. Do you think that a short ceremony, such as the sharing of water can bond people together? Why or why not?

3. How has the concept of water sharing illustrated the problems with communication between two alien cultures? Use examples from the book or history to support your answer.

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