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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what city does Chapter 2 begin?
(a) New York City.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Moscow.
2. Why do the extremists kidnap Rikki Stormgren?
(a) The extremists want to hide the aliens' only human contact from them.
(b) The extremists want to know how Rikki Stormgren communicates with the Overlords.
(c) The extremists want to brainwash Rikki Stormgren so that he will adopt their views.
(d) The extremists want to hold Rikki Stormgren for ransom.
3. Where did the American scientist and Russian scientist in Chapter 1 serve together at the end of WWII?
(a) Prussia.
(b) Russia.
(c) Poland.
(d) Germany.
4. What does Rupert Boyce say Professor Sullivan will do?
(a) Deliver a camel and a kangaroo to the invaders.
(b) Deliver a hippo and a rhino to the invaders.
(c) Deliver a platypus and a wombat to the invaders.
(d) Deliver a sperm whale and a giant squid to the invaders.
5. What does Karelllen do for Rikki Stormgren during their last meeting?
(a) Karellen introduces Stormgren to several other invaders.
(b) Karellen kidnaps Stormgren.
(c) Karellen reveals himself to Stormgren.
(d) Karellen lays out his future plans.
6. What is the name of the space shuttle being launched in Chapter 1?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Atlantis.
(c) Challenger.
(d) Columbus.
7. What possibility do Jan Rodricks and Rupert Boyce discuss in Chapter 11?
(a) The chance that a human might go to the aliens' home planet.
(b) The rumor that the invaders are dying of an Earth disease.
(c) The opportunity of forcing the invaders to leave.
(d) The interbreeding of the aliens with humans.
8. What does Professor Sullivan agree to help Jan Rodricks do?
(a) Write his memoirs.
(b) Learn the native tongue of the invaders.
(c) Help him with his experiment.
(d) Hide him from the invaders.
9. Why does Rupert Boyce hold special interest for the aliens?
(a) The aliens are interested in his political views.
(b) The aliens are interested in his library.
(c) The aliens are interested in his veterinary work.
(d) The aliens are interested in his new wife.
10. Where does Rupert Boyce live?
(a) In the middle of the Amazon jungle.
(b) In southeast Asia.
(c) In New York City.
(d) In the middle of the African jungle.
11. Who is Pierre Duval?
(a) Head of the League of Nations.
(b) Head of the Internal Revenue Service.
(c) Head of the Science Bureau.
(d) Head of National Security.
12. What does the American scientist see from the Pacific island?
(a) Russian submarines approaching the island.
(b) The launch of the Russian spacecraft.
(c) Shadows of the approaching alien ships.
(d) Russian troops storming the beaches.
13. Why do the aliens find Jean Morrel valuable?
(a) Because she has extraordinarily high IQ.
(b) Because she channeled a spirit.
(c) Because she has memory of past lives.
(d) Because she has an advanced immune system.
14. What did Jan Rodricks' father do?
(a) He was a wrestler.
(b) He was a magician.
(c) He was a clown.
(d) He was a lounge singer.
15. What does Karellen believe can achieve political harmony?
(a) The elimination of religion.
(b) The forceful use of power.
(c) The elimination of illiteracy.
(d) The tactful use of power.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where do Rikki Stormgren and Pierre Duval meet to discuss Stormgren's findings on board the alien ship?
2. How does Earth's atmosphere affect the aliens?
3. Against what country do the invaders take direct action?
4. What happens when Rikki Stormgren doesn't show up for work?
5. Where are George Greggson and Jean Morrel from?
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