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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pat insist the narrator do on their anniversary in "EPICAC?"
(a) Buy her dinner.
(b) Take her picture.
(c) Give him diamonds.
(d) Write a poem.

2. How does David's wife feel about the job at the Works?
(a) She thinks the money is too good to pass by.
(b) She can't wait for David to work fewer hours.
(c) She doesn't care one way or the other.
(d) She doesn't think he'll be happy.

3. What does the rating-sheet system keep track of?
(a) Employee progress.
(b) Food safety.
(c) Invention rights.
(d) Item quality.

4. What does EPICAC create for the narrator?
(a) Pictures.
(b) Spreadsheets.
(c) Poems.
(d) Solutions to math problems.

5. In "D.P.," who runs the orphanage?
(a) Priests.
(b) Mechanics.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Nuns.

6. Who invites the narrator over for drinks?
(a) John Kennedy.
(b) The Pirate.
(c) Hay Boyden.
(d) The Commodore.

7. How many psyches can a body hold at once?
(a) As many as it wants.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) One.

8. What political party is Hay Boyden part of?
(a) Democrat.
(b) Republican.
(c) Independent.
(d) Libertarian.

9. Who do the Rumfoords live across the street from?
(a) The Kennedys.
(b) The Johnsons.
(c) The Clintons.
(d) The Boydens.

10. Why was EPICAC created?
(a) To help war.
(b) To help do math.
(c) To help people learn.
(d) To help love.

11. What is Jim doing to the chemistry lab?
(a) Starting small fires.
(b) Studying.
(c) Throwing acid around.
(d) Stealing supplies.

12. What happened when people heard the signal for the first time?
(a) They sat silent.
(b) They smiled at strangers.
(c) They danced around.
(d) They sang to themselves.

13. In "Deer in the Works," what business does David own?
(a) A weekly paper.
(b) A factory.
(c) A law firm.
(d) A mill.

14. In "The Manned Missiles," how do Ivankov and Ashland and know each other?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) Their houses burn down.
(c) Their sons both died.
(d) They went to school together.

15. In "The Hyannis Port Story," who lights the portrait up at night?
(a) The maid.
(b) Clarice.
(c) The butler.
(d) Robert.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Kid Nobody Could Handle," what does George teach?

2. What makes up the text of "The Manned Missiles?"

3. In "Unready to Wear," who is the first person to step out of his body?

4. Where did Heinz and Avchen meet?

5. What does Barnhouse tell the secret service about his talent?

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