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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. The fog horn sometimes summons what type of creature?
(a) Angry natives.
(b) Mermaid.
(c) Sea monster.
(d) Shark.

2. What is the name of the protagonist's brother?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Skipper.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Scooter.

3. What is the term used for the lifelike androids?
(a) Marionettes.
(b) Puppets.
(c) Droids.
(d) Robots.

4. What is the name of the protagonist in "Homecoming?"
(a) Jason.
(b) Warren.
(c) Robert.
(d) Timothy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day is significant to the women in "Embroidery?"

2. What is the name of the protagonist in "The Great Wide World over There?"

3. What is the first name of the wife's lover?

4. What is the name of the automated home system?

5. What are the names of the Braling brothers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the cause of family tension in the story "The Rocket Man?"

2. How does the Erickson family come across the farmhouse? How do they claim the old house?

3. What is the purpose of the City? Who built it?

4. In "The Murderer" Albert Brock is under psychiatric care. Why is Brock under observation? What is the problem with Brock?

5. What do the main characters in "The Next In Line" discover when they go to Mexico? What is their reaction?

6. In "The Playground" Charles Underhill objects when his sister Carol wants to take Charles' three-year-old son Jim to a playground. Why does Charles object? What is the outcome of the story?

7. What is the problem with the new resident in "The Man Upstairs?" How is the problem resolved?

8. What are the marital issues for Smith and Braling in "Marionettes, Inc.?" What is the solution chosen by the two men?

9. "Hail and Farewell" tells the story of William, a twelve-year old boy who does not age. Discuss William's unique situation and his solution to the problem of where to live.

10. In "The Last Night of the World" several people have the same dream. What is the dream and what is the combined reaction of the people?

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