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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 does the tattoo show that forms on the empty space upon the Illustrated Man's back?
(a) A bear killing a child.
(b) The Illustrated Man choking the narrator.
(c) A lion killing a sheep.
(d) The Illustrated Man killing a woman.

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

3. What equipment in Bodoni's junk yard broke down last week?
(a) Vehicle dismantler.
(b) Aluminum furnace.
(c) Roll-off wrecker.
(d) Scrap processor.

4. Why does Mary Morris's friend Helen call her?
(a) To get the black-and-white cake recipe.
(b) To get a pork roast recipe.
(c) To get an angel food cake recipe.
(d) To get a beef roast recipe.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What song is being played on the bandstand at the beginning of "The Fox and the Forest"?

4. What city does Saul Williams wish to remember?

5. How many years has Smith been trying to get Braling out for a quiet drink?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Braling 2 do with Braling?

4. Where else are children playing Invasion?

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

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

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

8. Why did Hitchcock decide to go into space?

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

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

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