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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far are Hitchcock and Clemens from Earth?
(a) A hundred thousand miles.
(b) A million miles.
(c) A billion miles.
(d) A trillion miles.

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

3. Banned authors now live on Mars. When were their books banned on Earth?
(a) 2020.
(b) 2050.
(c) 2030.
(d) 2040.

4. How old is Mink?
(a) 6 years old.
(b) 8 years old.
(c) 9 years old.
(d) 7 years old.

5. What did Saul Williams and another sick man discuss six months ago?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Plato.
(d) Epicurus.

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

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

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

9. What is William Travis's job back home in the future?
(a) Making bombs.
(b) Creating germ warfare.
(c) Designing nuclear warheads.
(d) Building bombers.

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

11. In "The Concrete Mixer", what nationality is the young man in stories who usually thwarts a Martian invasion?
(a) Swedish.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) Irish.

12. When Poe and Bierce enter a small valley and suddenly find themselves on a cobbled street, what song do they hear?
(a) "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen".
(b) "Good King Wenceslas".
(c) "O Tannebaum".
(d) "We Wish You a Merry Christmas".

13. When was Leonard Mark's mother in a blowup of London?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1957.

14. How old are Smith and Braling?
(a) About 25.
(b) Around 30.
(c) Around 40.
(d) About 35.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Bodoni have saved?

2. What is the name of the film director of the American motion picture company that William and Susan Travis observe?

3. Where are William and Susan Travis from?

4. Where does Hitchcock go after eating lunch?

5. Where else are the children playing Invasion?

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