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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city does Saul Williams wish to remember?
(a) Chicago.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Miami.

2. How long has Bodoni worked in his junk yard?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 20 years.

3. How old is Bramante?
(a) 70.
(b) 80.
(c) 90.
(d) 60.

4. What is William Travis's job back home in the future?
(a) Creating germ warfare.
(b) Designing nuclear warheads.
(c) Building bombers.
(d) Making bombs.

5. What age of children are playing Invasion?
(a) Under fourteen years old.
(b) Under ten years old.
(c) Under twelve years old.
(d) Under eight years old.

6. What song is being played on the bandstand at the beginning of "The Fox and the Forest"?
(a) "La Adelito".
(b) "La Bamba" .
(c) "Carnavalito".
(d) "La Paloma".

7. How many rocket ships have come to the waiting city, including the rocket that lands at the beginning of "The City"?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

8. In "The Concrete Mixer", what is presented to the Martians during the welcoming speeches?
(a) 2-ton truck full of grapefruit.
(b) A railroad car full of popcorn.
(c) A railroad car full of soft drinks.
(d) 3 tons of lemons.

9. What is Smith's wife's name?
(a) Nettie.
(b) Nellie.
(c) Sandy.
(d) Susie.

10. What were the people called who lived on the planet where the city waits?
(a) Taollan.
(b) Carollan.
(c) Prinian.
(d) Brinian.

11. What time is it when the narrator has finished all the stories on the Illustrated Man?
(a) Nearly 2 a.m.
(b) Nearly 11 p.m.
(c) Almost 1 a.m.
(d) Almost midnight.

12. Whom does Poe want Bierce to warn about the rocket coming to Mars?
(a) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Edgar Rice Burroughs.
(d) Lewis Carrol.

13. What is the name of the film director of the American motion picture company that William and Susan Travis observe?
(a) Joe Melton.
(b) Ted Callaway.
(c) Bob Minton.
(d) Brian Rollins.

14. During what season of the year does a rocket land on a planet where a city waits?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Spring.

15. Banned authors now live on Mars. When were their books banned on Earth?
(a) 2020.
(b) 2050.
(c) 2030.
(d) 2040.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the movie producer who wants to hire Ettil as an advisor for a movie about the Mars invasion?

2. What are the walls of the city made from?

3. How many men come to the planet where the city waits?

4. Where else are the children playing Invasion?

5. How much money does Bodoni have saved?

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