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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through October.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom does the epigraph of the novel come?
(a) Arthur C. Clarke.
(b) Ray Bradbury.
(c) Robert Heinlein.
(d) Isaac Asimov.

2. With which of the following does "Nanobots" begin?
(a) “Sometimes I wonder if the sluggers sent Diego Vega to Calypso to test my resolve.”
(b) “My situation at school deteriorated.”
(c) “They’re hailed as a marvelous breakthrough in modern medicine.”
(d) “It begins a thousand years from now.”

3. What term does the narrator uses to name the aliens?
(a) LGMs.
(b) Xenomorphs.
(c) Grays.
(d) Sluggers.

4. Who travels to North Korea, only to be killed by house cats?
(a) Marilyn Manson.
(b) Trey Parker.
(c) Dennis Rodman.
(d) John Malkovich.

5. With which of the following does "22 September 2015" begin?
(a) “The biggest letdown about being abducted by aliens is the abundance of gravity on the spaceship.”
(b) “I darted across the dawn-drenched lawn in front of my duplex.”
(c) “Life is bullshit.”
(d) “After the party, I kept to myself and counted down the days until the end of the world.”

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does the end of the world by nanobot begin?

2. Where does the end of the world by nanobot begin?

3. With which of the following does "Chemistry: Extra Credit Project" begin?

4. To whom is the novel dedicated?

5. What dish does Zooey cook the night she announces her pregnancy to the Dentons?

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