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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Deserter in Time of War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beatrice purchase just in case she is ever in Malachi's presence?
(a) A cyanide capsule.
(b) A bottle of perfume.
(c) A gun.
(d) A negligee.

2. What persistent sound finally rouses Malachi from his drunken stupor at his home after the multi-day party?
(a) The door bell.
(b) Radio static.
(c) The telephone.
(d) A woman's screams.

3. What is the name of Malachi's company?
(a) Starlight Cruises.
(b) Magnum Opus.
(c) Galaxy Spacecraft.
(d) Constant Travels.

4. Unk's rifle is a vintage model. From which war is his gun?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Spanish-American War.
(d) World War II.

5. Where do the materializations take place?
(a) In the City of Phoebe on the planet Mars.
(b) At an abandoned school in Providence, Rhode Island.
(c) In an old church in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
(d) At an estate in Newport, Rhode Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Fern, at their meeting at the company headquarters, what does Malachi have yet to realize?

2. How many months are in the Martian calendar year?

3. Why does Unk pause when ordered to march up to the bound man?

4. During what time period do the events in the story take place?

5. Ransom considers himself to be superior to Malachi in every way except one. What is the one way?

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