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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the man on Earth who manages the Martian investments?
(a) Winston Rumfoord.
(b) Ransom K. Fern.
(c) Malachi Constant.
(d) Earl Moncrief.

2. What happens once every fourteen days on Mercury?
(a) The moons are full.
(b) Boaz breaks down in tears.
(c) Rumfoord materializes.
(d) The harmoniums sing.

3. Where does the Martian Imperial Commando unit land?
(a) On the Earth's moon.
(b) In the United States.
(c) In Russia.
(d) On Titan.

4. Who is directing the harmoniums to leave messages for Unk and Boaz?
(a) Salo.
(b) Ransom.
(c) Winston.
(d) Chrono.

5. As Malachi's ship approaches Titan, what does Rumfoord tell Salo is on the incoming ship?
(a) Salo's replacement part.
(b) Salo's nemesis.
(c) Destruction.
(d) Evil.

6. How do the Earthlings respond to the Martian bombings?
(a) The Earthlings send soldiers to fight the Martians on the moon.
(b) The Earthlings fire thermonuclear devices at the Martian bridgeheads.
(c) The Earthlings surrender.
(d) The Earthlings are frightened, but prepare to fight.

7. What happens when Salo goes to meet Malachi, Beatrice, and Chrono after their space ship has landed on Titan?
(a) Malachi tries to kill Salo.
(b) Chrono extends the hand of peace.
(c) Beatrice offers Salo some food.
(d) Chrono tries to kill Salo.

8. How many people survive the crash landing of the ship that Bee and Chrono are on?
(a) Just Bee and Chrono.
(b) Bee, Chrono, and three others.
(c) Everyone survives.
(d) Just Bee, Chrono, and the pilot.

9. How do harmoniums reproduce?
(a) By live birth.
(b) By flaking off pieces that then begin to grow.
(c) By laying eggs.
(d) By pollination.

10. How do Unk and Boaz feel when they realize their ship cannot fly out of the cave on Mercury?
(a) They are thrilled.
(b) They are devastated.
(c) They are resigned.
(d) They are hungry.

11. Who is in the nearby church when Unk's space ship lands in "An Age of Miracles"?
(a) Winston Rumfoord.
(b) Reverend Redwine.
(c) Chrono.
(d) Bee.

12. What does Unk see as he looks out the window of the space ship after they have gotten wedged in the cave?
(a) The letter "G".
(b) The letter "T".
(c) The letter "U".
(d) The letter "B".

13. Who is the mastermind behind the Martian suicide?
(a) Malachi Constant.
(b) Winston Rumfoord.
(c) Ransom K. Fern.
(d) Earl Moncrief.

14. Who has leased the Rumfoord estate and is now selling tickets to the materializations?
(a) Marlin T. Lapp.
(b) Malachi Constant.
(c) Ransom K. Fern.
(d) Beatrice Rumfoord.

15. When Unk shares with Boaz that they can finally leave Mercury, Boaz shocks Unk. What does Boaz reveal to Unk?
(a) That Boaz cannot let Unk leave.
(b) That Boaz is staying on Mercury.
(c) That the ship is out of fuel.
(d) That Unk's plan will never work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Boaz and Unk not killed by the explosion on Mercury?

2. How long has Salo been stranded on Titan?

3. Why does learning his real name have very little effect on Malachi?

4. Where does Bee and Chrono's ship crash land?

5. Why did Salo originally land on Titan?

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