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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. Why do Marygay and Mandella decide to rejoin the force?
(a) Living on Earth is unbearable.
(b) They want to avenge their parents' deaths.
(c) They are bored.
(d) They have no money.

2. Who stays and dies in the underground base?
(a) Hilleboe
(b) Marygay
(c) All of the privates
(d) Charlie

3. What do Moore and Mandella think will cause low morale on the ship?
(a) The lack of oxygen
(b) The alcohol ban
(c) The close quarters
(d) The bad food

4. What is someone considered to be if they turn down staying in the army?
(a) Psychopathic
(b) Sociopathic
(c) Stupid
(d) A dissenter

5. What kind of conditioning do Kynock and Mandella discuss?
(a) Army
(b) Peace
(c) Motivational
(d) War

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the troops call Mandella behind his back?

2. What part of Marygay's body is missing?

3. What planet is Mandella's brother living on?

4. Where does Mandella see the blinking light?

5. What kind of business are the cooks running?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Taurans try and defeat the humans when their darts don't work?

2. Why does Diane think it will be a bad idea if Mandella kills Graubard?

3. Why can Mandella's company be called test tube babies?

4. Why can the hospital not help Mandella's mother in Chapter 11, Part 2?

5. What is Mandella's mother's condition when he arrives back in Washington in Chapter 11, Part 2?

6. How does the woman at the farmhouse react to Mandella's presence in Chapter 10, Part 2?

7. Why does it seem that there are only two battles in the book?

8. How does the battle end in Chapter 7, Part 3?

9. How are the cooks making the alcohol?

10. How has Mandella's mother's life changed since he last saw her?

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