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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are professional sports obsolete?
(a) Sports have become too competitive.
(b) The planet is overrrun with superior athletes.
(c) Amateur sports have taken the place of professional sports.
(d) Sports distract from the overall goals of mankind.

2. What special day does Chapter 5 deal with?
(a) The day the aliens begin their methodical destruction of mankind.
(b) The day the aliens give ultimatums to Earth.
(c) The day the aliens go back to their home planet.
(d) The day the aliens reveal themselves.

3. How many hours a week do people typically work?
(a) All humans work from home and set their own hours.
(b) 40.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

4. How does sunlight affect the aliens?
(a) They have to wear protective clothing.
(b) They have to wear sunglasses.
(c) They die if exposed to direct sunlight for too long.
(d) They have to wear a special-formula sunscreen.

5. In what year does Chapter 2 begin?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1990.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1980.

6. In Chapter 1, the United States and Russia are in a race to be the first to do what?
(a) Make contact with alien beings.
(b) Use nuclear power in submarines.
(c) Launch a communications satellite.
(d) Launch a spacecraft.

7. What causes the disillusion of many religious beliefs?
(a) The discovery of golden tablets.
(b) A device donated by Karellen that can show footage of the past 5,000 years.
(c) The total education of mankind and the end of illiteracy.
(d) The discovery of the Ark of the Covenant.

8. What is the global language of Earth?
(a) Edenic.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Esperanto.

9. How does Karellen free Rikki Stormgren?
(a) Rikki Stormgren is beamed aboard the invaders' ship.
(b) The exterior walls of Rikki Stormgren's cell are blasted away.
(c) By communicating through floating spheres.
(d) Rikki Stormgren is put in a temporary coma.

10. What message does Karellen give Pieter Van Ryberg after Van Ryberg shares information about Rikki Stormgren's abduction?
(a) "Use your best judgment."
(b) "We will make our appearance very soon."
(c) "I will locate Stormgren."
(d) "I will now communicate only with you."

11. What is Karellen known as?
(a) Supervisor of Planetary Colonization.
(b) Supervisor for Earth.
(c) Supervisor of Humanity.
(d) Supervisor for Peace.

12. What does Jan Rodricks examine at Rupert Boyce's home?
(a) A stuffed elephant.
(b) Rupert Boyce's library.
(c) A stuffed gorilla.
(d) Rupert Boyce's wife.

13. Where do Rikki Stormgren and Pierre Duval meet to discuss Stormgren's findings on board the alien ship?
(a) Stormgren's Office.
(b) The Freedom League.
(c) Science Bureau.
(d) League of Nations.

14. What has happened to the countries of Earth?
(a) They have been divided into four geographic regions.
(b) Each one has been given autonomy over their people.
(c) They are all united, but have kept their original names.
(d) Each country has an ambassador to the aliens.

15. Where does Jan Rodricks attend school?
(a) The University of Cape Town.
(b) The University of Cairo.
(c) The State University of New York.
(d) The University of Phoenix.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is true about Earth in the 21st century?

2. Although the media are very critical of Karellen's rule, the majority of humans are in favor of what?

3. Why does Rupert Boyce hold special interest for the aliens?

4. How does the leader of the invaders make first contact with the people of Earth?

5. How is the leader of the extremist group described?

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