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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 reason are the explorers killed in "The City?"
(a) Insulting residents.
(b) Murder.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Trespassing.

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

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

4. What is the surname of the couple in "The Fox and the Forest?"
(a) Travis.
(b) Taylor.
(c) Terwilliger.
(d) Thompson.

5. In "The Small Assassin" what is the surname of Alice and David?
(a) Marks.
(b) Wilkes.
(c) Leiber.
(d) Lindholm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the structure used for shelter?

2. In which state does the boy live?

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

4. One of the objects is shaped like which fruit?

5. What type of group arrives on planet in "The Fire Balloons?"

Short Essay Questions

1. In "A Sound of Thunder" several people take a trip. Who goes on the trip? What is the purpose of the trip? What negative occurrence happens during the trip?

2. In "Mars Is Heaven" one of the characters is suspicious of the happenings in an Earth-like village. Who is the character and what causes the character to be distracted?

3. What becomes of Richard because of his jealousy?

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

5. "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.

6. Describe the main plot of "The Coffin."

7. In the story "Invisible Boy" how does the woman attempt to get Charlie to stay with her instead of going home? How does the woman do it?

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

9. 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?

10. Explain Walter Gripp's situation in "The Silent Towns." What has upset Walter? What does he do about it? What is the outcome?

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