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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What punishment does Boaz receive for encouraging Unk in the barracks?

2. What does Boaz think causes the explosion on the street as the unit marches through the city?

3. What sound do the soldiers march to?

4. After returning from the materialization, Malachi throws a party. How long does the party last?

5. What does Beatrice ask Winston to tell her when he materializes again?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are goofballs and what is their purpose?

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

3. According to the hospital, what is the very worst thing that Unk can do?

4. What is Ransom Fern's philosophy?

5. What is United Hotcake?

6. How does Unk's son get his name?

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

8. According to the narrator, what did Earth's advance agents find in space that had already been found in abundance on Earth?

9. Why do the children on Mars spend so little time studying?

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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Winston makes many predictions regarding the life of Malachi and Beatrice, some of which come true, but all of which affect the lives of Malachi and Beatrice. How are Malachi and Beatrice's lives affected by Winston's predictions? Support your answers with examples from the text. Then, explore three of Winston's predictions as to the prediction he gives and the actual outcomes. Examine how the actions of Malachi and Beatrice helped bring about Winston's prediction or hindered his predictions. Again, support your answers with specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Resentful that he has been manipulated by Salo, Rumfoord tries to con Salo into revealing the ambassadorial message that Salo had been trying to deliver when his ship had to make the emergency landing on Titan.

a. What is Salo's message?

b. How does the revelation of his message highlight the author's use of irony throughout the entire story?

c. Had Rumfoord learned the content of Salo's message earlier in the story, might his actions have been different? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Malachi's lifestyle and personality characteristics at the following points in the story:

a. At the beginning of the story when Malachi is first invited to meet Winston.

b. After Malachi learns he is broke.

c. When Malachi is known as Unk.

d. When Malachi is exiled to Titan.

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