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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 age of children are playing Invasion?
(a) Under ten years old.
(b) Under twelve years old.
(c) Under fourteen years old.
(d) Under eight years old.

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

3. What is the doctor's name in "No Particular Night or Morning"?
(a) Dr. Charles.
(b) Dr. Edwards.
(c) Dr. Alexander.
(d) Dr. Wyatt.

4. How many years has Smith been trying to get Braling out for a quiet drink?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 10 years.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the walls of the city made from?

3. In "The Concrete Mixer", what is presented to the Martians during the welcoming speeches?

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

5. How old is Leonard Mark?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Saul Williams kidnap Leonard Mark?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did William Travis kill Mr. Simms?

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