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

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

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

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

5. How long does it take Hitchcock to smoke a packet of cigarettes?
(a) 2 1/2 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 2 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Smith's wife's name?

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

3. In "The Concrete Mixer", what does the band play as the Martians prepare to land on Earth?

4. In "The Exiles", what is the date?

5. How old is Mink?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did William Travis kill Mr. Simms?

3. How does Bodoni take all his children into space?

4. Why does Saul Williams kidnap Leonard Mark?

5. What does Hitchcock do at the end of the chapter?

6. In "The Exiles", what did the captain dream every night until the week they took off from Earth?

7. What does Bramante say will happen if only one member of Bodoni's family goes to Mars?

8. What time does the narrator finish seeing the stories on the Illustrated Man?

9. What does Drill promise the children if they help with the invasion?

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

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