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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) R. R. Van Plank.
(b) T. T. Van Domn.
(c) M. M. Van Buren.
(d) B. B. Vander Struve.

2. How long had the city waited for revenge?
(a) 10,000 years.
(b) 15,000 years.
(c) 20,000 years.
(d) 25,000 years.

3. How old is Leonard Mark?
(a) 32.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 25.

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

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

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

7. How much money does Bodoni have saved?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $4,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $3,000.

8. 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.

9. What equipment in Bodoni's junk yard broke down last week?
(a) Vehicle dismantler.
(b) Roll-off wrecker.
(c) Scrap processor.
(d) Aluminum furnace.

10. 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.

11. In "The Exiles", what is the date?
(a) 2120.
(b) 2099.
(c) 2089.
(d) 2100.

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

13. Including Ettil, how many Martians are on the rocket that lands in Greentown, California?
(a) 39.
(b) 51.
(c) 49.
(d) 43.

14. Where is the moon when the narrator finishes all the stories on the Illustrated Man?
(a) High in the sky.
(b) Near the western horizon.
(c) Near the eastern horizon.
(d) Half way up in the sky.

15. What disease does Saul Williams have that put him in quarantine on Mars?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Chronic cough syndrome.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Blood rust.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Saul Williams and another sick man discuss six months ago?

2. What begins to form on the empty space upon the Illustrated Man's back?

3. How old are Smith and Braling?

4. How much do Marionettes cost?

5. How old is Mink?

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