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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The new resident is unusual. The boy learns that the man is a/n _____________.
(a) Ghost.
(b) Alien.
(c) Serial killer.
(d) Vampire.

2. What is Walter's last name In "The Silent Towns?"
(a) George.
(b) Gripp.
(c) Ginther.
(d) Gunderson.

3. What is the protagonist's issue?
(a) Hypochondriac.
(b) Broken leg.
(c) Always cold.
(d) Nightmares.

4. What did the Martians use to trick the Earthlings?
(a) Hypnosis.
(b) Magic.
(c) Telepathy.
(d) Mirrors.

5. The boy remembers his friend _____ who had died the previous summer.
(a) Tammy.
(b) Tabitha.
(c) Tiffany.
(d) Tally.

6. What relation of the wife's dies during the story?
(a) Brother.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Mother.
(d) Sister.

7. How much did it cost to install the new system?
(a) $40,000.
(b) $30,000.
(c) $70,000.
(d) $50,000.

8. How old is the boy?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

9. Where is the Captain captured by the Martians?
(a) Family cemetery plot.
(b) Spaceship.
(c) Childhood home.
(d) High school.

10. What is the name of the new resident?
(a) Kingsolver.
(b) Koberman.
(c) Keller.
(d) Kaplan.

11. What word is best used to describe the wife in the story "The Jar?"
(a) Humble.
(b) Selfless.
(c) Meek.
(d) Selfish.

12. What is a veldt?
(a) Field.
(b) Space shuttle.
(c) Suitcase.
(d) Mountain.

13. What causes the boy to think he is invisible?
(a) Potion.
(b) Fortune teller.
(c) Imagination.
(d) No reflection.

14. What are the names of the Braling brothers?
(a) Clancy and Robert.
(b) Chick and Randy.
(c) Chauncey and Ralph.
(d) Charles and Richard.

15. What is the name of the older lighthouse keeper in "The Fog Horn?"
(a) McGuffin.
(b) McMann.
(c) McDougal.
(d) McDunn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man repeatedly hit with micrometeorites in "Kaleidoscope?"

2. What is the name of the protagonist's brother?

3. What ailment strikes down one of the two men?

4. What is the name of the main character in "The Emissary?"

5. Martians appear in the form of which of the following?

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