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

2. What will the leader of the faith reveal when the "Space Wanderer" appears?
(a) The purpose of all life.
(b) The future of the faith.
(c) The wanderer's name.
(d) The beginning of the end times.

3. When Unk wakes from his dream in the cave, he is filled with rage. What does Unk do as a result of his rage?
(a) Unk rips a harmonium in half.
(b) Unk smashes a window on the ship with his hand.
(c) Unk throws himself into a wall.
(d) Unk picks a fight with Boaz.

4. After taking off from Mercury, where does Unk's space ship land?
(a) On Titan.
(b) In Rhode Island.
(c) In Massachusetts.
(d) On Mars.

5. When invited by Rumfoord to tell the crowd one good thing Malachi has done in his life, what does Malachi share?
(a) That Malachi hasn't done anything good.
(b) That Malachi used to find joy in life.
(c) That Malachi has a good friend named Stony.
(d) That Malachi used to be rich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rumfoord reintroduce Unk to in front of the crowd assembled at the estate who came to see the Space Wanderer in person?

2. How is the message on the cave wall written?

3. What is Chrono rubbing as he urges Malachi and Beatrice to get the ship launched?

4. Boaz finds a purpose for his life on Mercury. What is it?

5. Who is the leader of this new faith?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bee agree to be exiled with Malachi?

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

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

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

5. As Unk looks out the space ship's window, he sees a message. What does the message say?

6. What is the "taste of hell" that the Martian commandos rain down on Earth?

7. Why do the harmoniums continue to leave messages in the cave for Unk and Boaz?

8. 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?

9. What makes Bee different from all of the other souvenir sellers that came from Mars?

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

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