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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Bodonis draw straws to see who will ride on a rocket, who draws the short straw the first time?
(a) Lorenzo.
(b) Antonello.
(c) Miriamne.
(d) Mrs. Bodoni.

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

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

4. How old is Bramante?
(a) 60.
(b) 70.
(c) 80.
(d) 90.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How old are Smith and Braling?

5. When Poe and Bierce enter a small valley and suddenly find themselves on a cobbled street, what song do they hear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has the city waited twenty thousand years for men from Earth?

2. Why are men exiled to Mars in "The Visitor"?

3. Why must clients of Marionettes, Inc., be pledged to secrecy?

4. What are William and Susan Travis's real names and where are they from?

5. What choice does Ettil believe he has after landing on Earth?

6. Why did Hitchcock decide to go into space?

7. What does Braling 2 do with Braling?

8. What does Mr. Machen say would happen to the banned authors if all their works were destroyed?

9. What tattoo begins to form after the narrator has seen the stories on the Illustrated Man?

10. Why does Ettil believe that a Martian invasion of Earth will fail?

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