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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What age of children are playing Invasion?
(a) Under eight years old.
(b) Under twelve years old.
(c) Under ten years old.
(d) Under fourteen years old.

2. What is the name of the movie producer who wants to hire Ettil as an advisor for a movie about the Mars invasion?
(a) R. R. Van Plank.
(b) B. B. Vander Struve.
(c) T. T. Van Domn.
(d) M. M. Van Buren.

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

4. During what season of the year does a rocket land on a planet where a city waits?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

5. Where is the moon when the narrator finishes all the stories on the Illustrated Man?
(a) Half way up in the sky.
(b) Near the eastern horizon.
(c) High in the sky.
(d) Near the western horizon.

6. In "The Concrete Mixer", what does the band play as the Martians prepare to land on Earth?
(a) "This Land is Your Land".
(b) "America the Beautiful".
(c) "My Country 'Tis of Thee".
(d) "California, Here I Come".

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

8. How long had the city waited for revenge?
(a) 10,000 years.
(b) 20,000 years.
(c) 15,000 years.
(d) 25,000 years.

9. What song is being played on the bandstand at the beginning of "The Fox and the Forest"?
(a) "Carnavalito".
(b) "La Bamba" .
(c) "La Adelito".
(d) "La Paloma".

10. How many children does Bodoni have?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

12. What does the tattoo show that forms on the empty space upon the Illustrated Man's back?
(a) A lion killing a sheep.
(b) The Illustrated Man choking the narrator.
(c) A bear killing a child.
(d) The Illustrated Man killing a woman.

13. What were the people called who lived on the planet where the city waits?
(a) Carollan.
(b) Taollan.
(c) Brinian.
(d) Prinian.

14. How many men come to the planet where the city waits?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 13.
(d) 7.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Hitchcock to smoke a packet of cigarettes?

2. When the Bodonis draw straws to see who will ride on a rocket, who draws the short straw the first time?

3. What begins to form on the empty space upon the Illustrated Man's back?

4. How old is Mink?

5. How old is Bramante?

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