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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 do Malachi and Beatrice do in the space ship before finally closing the outer door?
(a) Beg for one more chance.
(b) Push the garbage out of the open doorway.
(c) Wave at the crowd below.
(d) Shoot at Winston.

2. When the two men land, Unk sees large crystal structures. What does Unk think the large structures are?
(a) Skyscrapers.
(b) Defense systems.
(c) Magic.
(d) Halluncinations.

3. Why was Salo traveling through the universe?
(a) Salo was on vacation.
(b) Salo was part of an invasion force.
(c) Salo was carrying a message to a distant galaxy.
(d) Salo was being exiled from his home planet.

4. While Rumfoord and Unk are standing on the platform before the crowd, what information does Rumfoord reveal to Unk?
(a) That Unk is a wealthy man.
(b) That Unk's friend Stony will arrive shortly.
(c) That Unk's real name is Malachi Constant.
(d) That Unk has another child.

5. As "A Puzzle Solved" begins, how long have Unk and Boaz been living on Mercury?
(a) Twelve months.
(b) Twenty-six months.
(c) Three years.
(d) Seven weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in the nearby church when Unk's space ship lands in "An Age of Miracles"?

2. How do Chrono and Bee escape the Amazon jungle?

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

4. What has Boaz taken from the space ship to use in his cave home?

5. Rumfoord tells Malachi that he must go into exile to pay for his sins. Where is Rumfoord sending Malachi?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why do the people crowded around Unk and his space ship cheer at Unk's answer to their question regarding what happened to him?

3. What do Rumfoord's waves of materialization coincide with?

4. What true purpose does the Martian commandos' attack serve?

5. Why did the power plant on Salo's ship develop problems so that Salo had to land on Titan so many years earlier?

6. There are only two buttons on the Martian space ships. What are they?

7. How does Unk's space ship finally navigate out of the caves?

8. When the space ship finally lands, why does Boaz rush to open the spacecraft's outer door?

9. What role does Mrs. Lyman Peterson play in the defense of Earth?

10. What is preventing Unk and Boaz from simply flying their space ship to Earth?

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