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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the American scientist and Russian scientist in Chapter 1 serve together at the end of WWII?
(a) Poland.
(b) Russia.
(c) Germany.
(d) Prussia.

2. What is Karellen holding when he exits the spaceship , showing himself for the first time?
(a) A copy of the Bible.
(b) An alien weapon.
(c) A copy of the Declaration of Independence.
(d) Two humans.

3. What possibility do Jan Rodricks and Rupert Boyce discuss in Chapter 11?
(a) The opportunity of forcing the invaders to leave.
(b) The chance that a human might go to the aliens' home planet.
(c) The rumor that the invaders are dying of an Earth disease.
(d) The interbreeding of the aliens with humans.

4. What common ailment or condition does Rikki Stormgren suffer from?
(a) Cataracts.
(b) Insomnia.
(c) Ulcers.
(d) Depression.

5. What do Karellen and his supervisors say they will do in their meeting with Rikki Stormgren in Chapter 4?
(a) Take 50 humans with them to colonize another planet.
(b) Destroy the Earth in 50 years if mankind hasn't been able to remain peaceful.
(c) Depart the Earth in 50 years, leaving mankind with new technology.
(d) Set foot on Earth and reveal themselves in 50 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rikki Stormgren show Alexander Wainwright in Stormgren's office?

2. What has happened to the countries of Earth?

3. What does Karellen look like?

4. How does Pierre Duval conclude that Rikki Stormgren can see Karellen?

5. What does Karellen give Rikki Stormgren after Stormgren's meeting with Pierre Duval?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Grigorievitch, and what expectations does he have of Konrad Schneider?

2. How do the Overlords intimidate humans with a ruse?

3. How are George Greggson and Jean Morrel introduced in Chapter 7?

4. Who are the Overlords, and where are they found at the beginning of Chapter 2?

5. What do Jan Rodricks and Rupert Boyce discuss while examining a stuffed elephant at Boyce's home, and why is Rodricks hesitant about telling Boyce the location of the Overlords' planet?

6. Why are the journalists and spectators waiting in anticipation at the beginning of Chapter 5?

7. Who is Karellen, and what does he state is his intention for occupying Earth?

8. What are Rashaverak's feelings about Rupert Boyce as he relates them to Karellen?

9. What frustrations does Jan Rodricks voice to his sister, Maia? Explain how he plans to deal with those frustrations.

10. Rikki Stormgren triggers an x-ray device on board the Overlords' ship. Why does Stormgren bring the device on board, and what does the x-ray reveal?

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