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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. How many languages does Salo speak?
(a) 500.
(b) 50.
(c) 5.
(d) 5,000.
2. Why are Boaz and Unk not killed by the explosion on Mercury?
(a) The air on Mercury is breathable.
(b) The ship's outer doors confined all the damage.
(c) They were standing too far away from the blast site.
(d) The ship's emergency systems restore pressure.
3. What do Malachi and Beatrice do in the space ship before finally closing the outer door?
(a) Shoot at Winston.
(b) Wave at the crowd below.
(c) Beg for one more chance.
(d) Push the garbage out of the open doorway.
4. Who is the man on Earth who manages the Martian investments?
(a) Malachi Constant.
(b) Ransom K. Fern.
(c) Earl Moncrief.
(d) Winston Rumfoord.
5. As "A Puzzle Solved" begins, how long have Unk and Boaz been living on Mercury?
(a) Three years.
(b) Seven weeks.
(c) Twelve months.
(d) Twenty-six months.
Short Answer Questions
1. How do harmoniums reproduce?
2. How do Unk and Boaz feel when they realize their ship cannot fly out of the cave on Mercury?
3. As Malachi's ship approaches Titan, what does Rumfoord tell Salo is on the incoming ship?
4. What has Boaz taken from the space ship to use in his cave home?
5. What do harmoniums feed on?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Rumfoord's waves of materialization coincide with?
2. As Malachi climbs the ladder to the space ship and prepares for his upcoming exile on Titan, why is he weeping?
3. There are only two buttons on the Martian space ships. What are they?
4. When the space ship finally lands, why does Boaz rush to open the spacecraft's outer door?
5. What makes Bee different from all of the other souvenir sellers that came from Mars?
6. What is Boaz's philosophy on life?
7. Why do the harmoniums continue to leave messages in the cave for Unk and Boaz?
8. Why do the people crowded around Unk and his space ship cheer at Unk's answer to their question regarding what happened to him?
9. When the crowd of people on Earth gather around the newly landed space ship and ask Unk what his name is and what happened to him, how does Unk respond?
10. As Unk's ship lands on Earth, what is the one desire that is driving Unk on?
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