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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Powers send his Captain to go do before he speaks to Kreton?
(a) Dissect the alien.
(b) Examine the ship.
(c) Go for pizza.
(d) Eat dinner.

2. What nickname does the aide think of when he thinks of Powers?
(a) Old Iron Hand.
(b) Old Iron Ass.
(c) Old Lead Ass.
(d) Old Lead Hand.

3. What does Powers explain UFO stands for?
(a) Unidentified Foreign Object.
(b) Unidentified Flying Object.
(c) Unified Foreign Offensive.
(d) Uniform Flying Object.

4. How does Kreton explain that he lives both on another planet and not on another planet?
(a) He lives in another dimension.
(b) He lives on Mars.
(c) He lives on the moon.
(d) He lives in the ocean.

5. What does Roger say is the only organism on Mars?
(a) Trees.
(b) Fish.
(c) Fungus.
(d) Amoeba.

6. What does Conrad note Ellen can do at the same time as making love?
(a) Eat.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Watch television.
(d) Eavesdrop.

7. Which uniform does Kreton say he prefers?
(a) The ones with buttons.
(b) The blue ones.
(c) The ones with feathers.
(d) The pink ones.

8. What does Conrad use as a name for hotel reservations at the Jefferson Davis?
(a) Claude Ollinger.
(b) Roger Conrad.
(c) Tim Ollinger.
(d) Tom Powers.

9. What does Conrad ask Ellen to do after discussing his dreams about them on a farm?
(a) He asks her to leave him.
(b) He asks her to marry him.
(c) He asks her to have sex with him.
(d) He asks her to move in with him.

10. What does Roger claim is the cause of people seeing a spacecraft?
(a) An optical illusion.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Mass hysteria.
(d) Stress.

11. What power does Kreton have?
(a) He can be invisible.
(b) He can fly.
(c) He can read minds.
(d) He is very strong.

12. How many other members of Kreton's race have visited Earth?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

13. What does Roger report he needs to leave the house?
(a) Permission from Powers.
(b) A sledgehammer.
(c) A key.
(d) Permission from his wife.

14. Where does the spaceship land?
(a) The rose garden.
(b) The yard.
(c) The driveway.
(d) The beach.

15. What does Ellen say she would like to do that is important?
(a) Become a nurse.
(b) Raise animals.
(c) Become a dentist.
(d) Save the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event did Kreton want to see?

2. What does Roger report General Powers advises the family do?

3. What does Kreton note he has decided he will do to the world?

4. Why is Roger worried about the evening's broadcast?

5. What does Kreton state his species doesn't do that humans do that he gives as a reason for not being able to explain his origins?

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