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

2. What kind of people are now encouraged to stay on in the army?
(a) Those without family
(b) Those with a high physical fitness
(c) Those with a high genetic rating
(d) Those with a high IQ

3. What part of Marygay's body is missing?
(a) Her fingers
(b) Her leg
(c) Her arm
(d) Her hand

4. Which member of Mandella's family is now dead?
(a) His father
(b) His brother
(c) His sister
(d) His cousin

5. Why does Mandella find it difficult to understand his troops?
(a) They all speak in body language.
(b) They all have heavy lunar accents.
(c) They speak too quietly.
(d) The English dialect has changed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mandella see the blinking light?

2. What kind of business are the cooks running?

3. What is the name of the company's ship?

4. Who is sick at the beginning of this chapter?

5. What kind of store does Mandella go to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are there no Help Wanted ads in the newspaper?

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

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

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

5. How have things changed when Mandela arrives back to earth in the final chapter?

6. How does Graubard die?

7. What problems do Mandella and Moore identify when they explore the ship?

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

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

10. What are Rhonda's reasons for her sexual relationship with Mandella's mother?

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