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

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

3. Where does Hitchcock go after eating lunch?
(a) The exercise room.
(b) The infirmary.
(c) His quarters.
(d) Flight deck.

4. Including Ettil, how many Martians are on the rocket that lands in Greentown, California?
(a) 43.
(b) 51.
(c) 49.
(d) 39.

5. How long has Bodoni worked in his junk yard?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 25 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Concrete Mixer", what nationality is the young man in stories who usually thwarts a Martian invasion?

2. In "No Particular Night or Morning", when does the lunch bell ring?

3. How old is Bramante?

4. What age of children are playing Invasion?

5. What is William Travis's job back home in the future?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where else are children playing Invasion?

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

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

5. Why does Saul Williams kidnap Leonard Mark?

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

7. How did William Travis kill Mr. Simms?

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

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

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

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