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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. Where are William and Susan Travis from?
(a) 2205.
(b) 2200.
(c) 2105.
(d) 2155.

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) "America the Beautiful".
(c) "California, Here I Come".
(d) "My Country 'Tis of Thee".

3. What time does Mink say zero hour will be?
(a) Four o'clock.
(b) Seven o'clock.
(c) Six o'clock.
(d) Five o'clock.

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

5. Where is Braling going on Thursday?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Havana.
(c) Rio.
(d) Miami.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men come to the planet where the city waits?

2. What did the Captain in "The Exiles" order at the last minute from the Historical Museum?

3. How much do Marionettes cost?

4. How old are Smith and Braling?

5. Where does Hitchcock go after eating lunch?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Saul Williams kidnap Leonard Mark?

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

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

9. Where else are children playing Invasion?

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

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