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

2. What disease does Saul Williams have that put him in quarantine on Mars?

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

4. What begins to form on the empty space upon the Illustrated Man's back?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Braling 2 do with Braling?

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

5. Why does Saul Williams kidnap Leonard Mark?

6. What did the city do to the captain of the rocket ship?

7. How did William Travis kill Mr. Simms?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why Mrs. Morris did not realize that Mink and the other children really were planning an invasion. Use examples from "Zero Hour".

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast what memories mean to Hitchcock and to Clemens in "No Particular Night or Morning".

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how greed destroys happiness in "The Visitor". Use examples from the story.

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