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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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 bear.
(c) That he was a lion.
(d) That he was a white wolf.

10. Where does Clemens's girl live?
(a) Evanston.
(b) Decatur.
(c) Janesville.
(d) Champaign.

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

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

13. Where else are the children playing Invasion?
(a) Youngstown.
(b) Trenton.
(c) Rockville.
(d) Scranton.

14. 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 bear killing a child.
(c) The Illustrated Man choking the narrator.
(d) A lion killing a sheep.

15. In "The Exiles", what is the date?
(a) 2099.
(b) 2089.
(c) 2100.
(d) 2120.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Banned authors now live on Mars. When were their books banned on Earth?

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

4. How many Americans does Ettil tell his wife Tylla are killed each year in automobiles?

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

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