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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who has invited Malachi to witness the materialization?
(a) Malachi wasn't invited.
(b) Unk invited Malachi.
(c) Ransom Fern invited Malachi.
(d) Winston invited Malachi.

3. When the company commander arrives for a surprise inspection, which soldier is slow in rising to attention?
(a) Brackman.
(b) Salo.
(c) Unk.
(d) Boaz.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which flag is flying in front of Unk's barracks?

2. Who is Beatrice?

3. What happens to Unk when he pauses before the bound man?

4. What is Malachi known as?

5. What powers the machinery on Mars?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Malachi flying his own helicopter as he approaches the headquarters building?

2. What are goofballs and what is their purpose?

3. What does Unk find particularly disturbing about Boaz and why?

4. Name five items that Boaz and Unk's invasion ship is carrying.

5. As "Cheers in the Wirehouse" opens, the reader learns that Malachi Constant is using the name Jonah K. Rowley. Why?

6. When the reader is first introduced to Ransom K. Fern, the reader learns that he will be quitting his job. Why does Ransom K. Fern quit?

7. What is United Hotcake?

8. Describe Noel Constant's investment strategy.

9. How does Beatrice feel about her husband?

10. As the story begins and the next materialization is about to occur, the police inform the crowd that the materialization has already taken place a few blocks away. Why?

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