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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How far are Hitchcock and Clemens from Earth?

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

4. Including Ettil, how many Martians are on the rocket that lands in Greentown, California?

5. What does the tattoo show that forms on the empty space upon the Illustrated Man's back?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where else are children playing Invasion?

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

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

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

5. How did William Travis kill Mr. Simms?

6. Why did Hitchcock decide to go into space?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the story, discuss the cycle of violence that occurs in "The Other Foot".

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the conflict that occurs in "The Marionette".

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the psychological and physical effects that Venus has on men in "The Long Rain".

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