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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. What is the name of George Greggson's oldest son?
(a) George.
(b) Jeffrey.
(c) Jeremy.
(d) Joey.
2. What does the new race do with the moon?
(a) Destroy it.
(b) Make it spin.
(c) Colonize it.
(d) Fling it toward the sun.
3. Children all over the world under the age of _____ are experiencing a transformation.
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 1.
4. What does Jeffrey Greggson dream about after his family has relocated to its new home?
(a) Other planets and solar systems.
(b) Girls.
(c) His parents.
(d) The invaders.
5. What do George Greggson and Jean Morrel see Jeffrey Greggson doing as the invaders take action with the children in Chapter 21?
(a) Carrying his sister.
(b) Being carried by Karellen.
(c) Boarding the ship.
(d) Escaping from the aliens.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do George Greggson and Jean Morrel spend as much time as possible doing?
2. Why does Professor Sullivan build a decoy whale?
3. What is causing grief to people all over the world?
4. What does Jan Rodricks see has happened to the children of Earth?
5. Whom does George Greggson believe saves his eldest son from the tsunami?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are people worldwide grieving after George Greggson and Jean Morrel's children begin to change?
2. What does Karellen reveal during his weekly press conference in Chapter 14, and how does he justify the Overlords' actions based on their revelation during the conference?
3. Why was New Athens founded, by whom, and what is its greatest artistic achievement?
4. Why are George Greggson and Jean Morrel spending more time with their children in Chapter 19?
5. Why is Karellen sad at the end of the novel?
6. What is ironic about Jan Rodricks' return to Earth?
7. Why do George Greggson and Jean Morrel move to New Athens? Describe their adjustment to their new home.
8. Describe the response and mindset of the people of New Athens after the children are evacuated.
9. According to Karellen, why did the Overlords build Utopia, and what is his desire for mankind?
10. Explain the nature of Jeffrey Greggson's dreams as revealed in Chapter 18 and how the Overlords evaluate what is happening to him.
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