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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "No Particular Night or Morning", when does the lunch bell ring?
(a) 1200 hours.
(b) 1100 hours.
(c) 1305 hours.
(d) 1230 hours.

2. How long has Bodoni worked in his junk yard?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 25 years.

3. What is Smith's wife's name?
(a) Sandy.
(b) Nellie.
(c) Nettie.
(d) Susie.

4. What is the name of the film director of the American motion picture company that William and Susan Travis observe?
(a) Bob Minton.
(b) Joe Melton.
(c) Ted Callaway.
(d) Brian Rollins.

5. What did the captain of the ship in "The Exiles" dream every night the week before they took off from Earth?
(a) That he was a deer.
(b) That he was a white wolf.
(c) That he was a bear.
(d) That he was a lion.

6. What is the Illustrated Man doing after the narrator has seen all the stories?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Having a snack.
(c) Putting on his shirt.
(d) Talking.

7. What disease does Saul Williams have that put him in quarantine on Mars?
(a) Blood rust.
(b) Chronic cough syndrome.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Tuberculosis.

8. Including Ettil, how many Martians are on the rocket that lands in Greentown, California?
(a) 39.
(b) 49.
(c) 51.
(d) 43.

9. Where does Braling keep his Marionette?
(a) Locked in the attic.
(b) In a locked closet.
(c) In a toolbox in the cellar.
(d) In a vault.

10. What begins to form on the empty space upon the Illustrated Man's back?
(a) A flower.
(b) A face.
(c) The shape of a woman.
(d) The shape of an animal.

11. What did the Captain in "The Exiles" order at the last minute from the Historical Museum?
(a) Maps.
(b) Books.
(c) Old manuscripts.
(d) Weapons.

12. How many Americans does Ettil tell his wife Tylla are killed each year in automobiles?
(a) 45,000.
(b) 27,000.
(c) 32,000.
(d) 15,000.

13. What equipment in Bodoni's junk yard broke down last week?
(a) Vehicle dismantler.
(b) Scrap processor.
(c) Aluminum furnace.
(d) Roll-off wrecker.

14. What city does Saul Williams wish to remember?
(a) New York.
(b) Miami.
(c) Chicago.
(d) London.

15. How long does it take Hitchcock to smoke a packet of cigarettes?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 2 1/2 hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 2 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Mary and Henry Morris hide from the children at five o'clock?

2. Where are William and Susan Travis from?

3. What song is being played on the bandstand at the beginning of "The Fox and the Forest"?

4. How long had the city waited for revenge?

5. How many years has Smith been trying to get Braling out for a quiet drink?

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