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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When would Noel sell the shares of the company he was currently invested in?
(a) When the shares showed a slowing growth pattern.
(b) When he had owned the shares for three months.
(c) When the value of his shares had doubled.
(d) When the value of his shares had quadrupled.

2. How long has Ransom K. Fern worked for Magnum Opus?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Thirty-eight years.
(c) Fifteen years.
(d) Forty-seven years.

3. How do the company commanders control their troops?
(a) Through implanted antennas.
(b) Through hypnosis.
(c) Through rigorous training.
(d) Through hand signals.

4. What are the twelve sides of the company's headquarter building said by the architect to represent?
(a) The twelve moons of Saturn.
(b) The twelve great political movements of the world.
(c) The twelve great religions of the world.
(d) The twelve smaller companies owned by Malachi.

5. What does Boaz think causes the explosion on the street as the unit marches through the city?
(a) An enemy attack.
(b) Sewer gas.
(c) Faulty ammunition.
(d) Kids.

6. According to Fern, at their meeting at the company headquarters, what does Malachi have yet to realize?
(a) That Fern is superior to Malachi.
(b) That Malachi has an emergency slush fund at his disposal.
(c) That Malachi's luck has run out.
(d) That Malachi's father had not been a smart man.

7. Where does Winston tell Malachi that he will live in the future?
(a) On Earth, then Mercury, then Titan, and then Mars.
(b) On Mercury, then Earth, then Mars, and then Titan.
(c) On Mars, then Mercury, then Earth, and then Titan.
(d) On Titan, then Mercury, then Mars, and then Earth.

8. When the soldiers assemble in their square formation, what is Unk ordered to do by his superiors?
(a) Strangle the bound man.
(b) Shoot the bound man.
(c) Punch the bound man.
(d) Free the bound man.

9. What other facet of Martian life - aside from the sky - seems wrong to Unk?
(a) Unk is always awake.
(b) Unk is always tired.
(c) Unk is always hot.
(d) Unk is always cold.

10. Who is the bound man searching the group of soldiers for?
(a) Unk.
(b) Salo.
(c) Malachi.
(d) Winston.

11. Where has Unk come directly from before participating in the square formation?
(a) The commander's office.
(b) The company's barracks.
(c) The base hospital.
(d) The space ship.

12. What does the President of the United States announce as a way to curb unemployment?
(a) The New Age of Modernization.
(b) The New Age of Space.
(c) The New Age of Exploration.
(d) The New Age of Competition.

13. What activity does Unk find particularly pleasant?
(a) Cleaning his rifle.
(b) Cooking for his fellow soldiers.
(c) Shooting hoops with his fellow officers.
(d) Cleaning the barracks.

14. What does Malachi's name mean?
(a) Dutiful messenger.
(b) Dutiful follower.
(c) Faithful messenger.
(d) Faithful follower.

15. As Unk stands in the square formation, he notices the color of the sky because the color seems wrong to him. What color is the sky?
(a) Pink.
(b) Blue.
(c) Violet.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Noel when he got the idea of becoming a speculator?

2. Beatrice complains that she no longer wants to be part of the human race. What does Beatrice want to be instead?

3. When Malachi meets Ransom at the company's headquarters, what does Ransom tell Malachi?

4. What is the name of the only city on Mars?

5. What does Unk find behind Barrack Twelve?

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