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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 Illustrated Man doing after the narrator has seen all the stories?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Having a snack.
(c) Talking.
(d) Putting on his shirt.

2. What did Saul Williams and another sick man discuss six months ago?
(a) Epicurus.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Plato.
(d) Socrates.

3. Where does Hitchcock go after eating lunch?
(a) The infirmary.
(b) His quarters.
(c) The exercise room.
(d) Flight deck.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Bodonis draw straws to see who will ride on a rocket, who draws the short straw the first time?

2. When Saul kidnaps Leonard and takes him to a cave, what does Leonard disguise himself as?

3. How much do Marionettes cost?

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

5. What disease does Saul Williams have that put him in quarantine on Mars?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did William Travis kill Mr. Simms?

2. What did the city do to the captain of the rocket ship?

3. Why has the city waited twenty thousand years for men from Earth?

4. What does Braling 2 do with Braling?

5. What does Bramante say will happen if only one member of Bodoni's family goes to Mars?

6. Why does Saul Williams kidnap Leonard Mark?

7. What choice does Ettil believe he has after landing on Earth?

8. What time does the narrator finish seeing the stories on the Illustrated Man?

9. In "The Exiles", what did the captain dream every night until the week they took off from Earth?

10. Why must clients of Marionettes, Inc., be pledged to secrecy?

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