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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes up the text of "The Manned Missiles?"
(a) TV commercials.
(b) Songs.
(c) Letters.
(d) Diary entries.

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

3. What does George give Jim to destroy?
(a) A book.
(b) Money.
(c) A trumpet.
(d) A pair of boots.

4. In "Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son," what number husband is George to Gloria?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

5. What is the last thing EPICAC writes?
(a) A newspaper article.
(b) A suicide letter.
(c) A threatening note.
(d) A novel.

6. Where do Heinz and Sousa go after the birth of their children?
(a) To a bar.
(b) To a gas station.
(c) Back to work.
(d) To a different waiting room.

7. When George and the narrator drink together, who does George call?
(a) His son's friend.
(b) His son.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) His ex-wife.

8. What does Eli do when the Whitehill headmaster enters the dining room?
(a) He waves hello.
(b) He points him out to his father.
(c) He hides behind a menu.
(d) He runs away.

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

10. What does Barnhouse end up doing with his powers after escaping the government in "Report on the Barnhouse Effect?"
(a) Destroying the world's armaments
(b) Building homes for the homeless.
(c) Ruining government buildings.
(d) Ending world hunger.

11. Why doesn't Heinz use the phones like the other new fathers?
(a) He can't find the phones.
(b) He didn't bring change.
(c) He isn't happy about the birth of his son.
(d) He has no family to call.

12. In "The Euphio Question," what change is made to the second production of Euphios?
(a) More controls.
(b) More colors.
(c) Larger signal range.
(d) Smaller size.

13. What is happening at Whitehill in regards to scholarships?
(a) They aren't letting any more boys in on scholarship.
(b) They are starting five new scholarships.
(c) They are cutting back to just one scholarship.
(d) They are asking Eli's parents for money for a scholarship.

14. Where does David apply for a job?
(a) Deer Works.
(b) Illiam Works.
(c) Radium Works.
(d) Metal Works.

15. What does Mikhail Ivankov do for a living?
(a) A stone mason.
(b) A brick layer.
(c) A gravel shoveler.
(d) A wood carver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the amphibians keep with their bodies?

2. What happened when people heard the signal for the first time?

3. How many psyches can a body hold at once?

4. Why does Madge step into the woman's body?

5. What does Charles Ashland sell?

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