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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 killing a woman.
(c) A bear killing a child.
(d) The Illustrated Man choking the narrator.

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

4. In "The Concrete Mixer", what is presented to the Martians during the welcoming speeches?
(a) A railroad car full of soft drinks.
(b) 3 tons of lemons.
(c) A railroad car full of popcorn.
(d) 2-ton truck full of grapefruit.

5. What is the date at the beginning of "The Fox & the Forest"?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1938.

6. What are the walls of the city made from?
(a) Obsidian.
(b) Stone.
(c) Granite.
(d) Marble.

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

8. Where does the narrator run to?
(a) A grocery store.
(b) A man driving by in a car.
(c) A small town.
(d) A police station.

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

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

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

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

13. 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) M. M. Van Buren.
(d) T. T. Van Domn.

14. How much money does Bodoni have saved?
(a) $4,000.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $3,000.

15. Where do Mary and Henry Morris hide from the children at five o'clock?
(a) In their bedroom.
(b) In the cellar.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In the garage.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Saul kidnaps Leonard and takes him to a cave, what does Leonard disguise himself as?

2. How long has Bodoni worked in his junk yard?

3. In "The Concrete Mixer", what nationality is the young man in stories who usually thwarts a Martian invasion?

4. What is William Travis's job back home in the future?

5. How much do Marionettes cost?

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