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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Heinz use the phones like the other new fathers?
(a) He can't find the phones.
(b) He has no family to call.
(c) He didn't bring change.
(d) He isn't happy about the birth of his son.

2. In "The Euphio Question," what change is made to the second production of Euphios?
(a) More colors.
(b) More controls.
(c) Smaller size.
(d) Larger signal range.

3. What do people enter into EPICAC?
(a) Personal problems.
(b) Their birthdates.
(c) Long equations.
(d) World problems.

4. Where do Heinz and Sousa go after the birth of their children?
(a) To a bar.
(b) To a gas station.
(c) Back to work.
(d) To a different waiting room.

5. What type of professor testifies against the use of Euphios in "The Euphio Question?"
(a) Sociology.
(b) History.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Humanities.

6. Why was EPICAC created?
(a) To help love.
(b) To help people learn.
(c) To help war.
(d) To help do math.

7. In "Adam," what does Sousa complain about at the hospital?
(a) Needing a new wife.
(b) Having too many boys.
(c) Not having enough children.
(d) Having too many girls.

8. What does Pat insist the narrator do on their anniversary in "EPICAC?"
(a) Take her picture.
(b) Write a poem.
(c) Buy her dinner.
(d) Give him diamonds.

9. Where did Heinz and Avchen meet?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) A concentration camp.
(c) A hospital.
(d) At work.

10. Who proposes making household Euphios?
(a) A housewife.
(b) An office manager.
(c) A radio announcer.
(d) A math professor.

11. How does David's wife feel about the job at the Works?
(a) She doesn't think he'll be happy.
(b) She doesn't care one way or the other.
(c) She thinks the money is too good to pass by.
(d) She can't wait for David to work fewer hours.

12. What is going on Gloria's shower door?
(a) Pictures of tropical islands.
(b) A modern pattern.
(c) Pictures of money.
(d) A picture of Gloria.

13. At the end of "The Hyannis Port Story," who says they will give up politics?
(a) Flint.
(b) Robert.
(c) John.
(d) Hay.

14. When Heinz gets home, what does he say to himself in German?
(a) People don't care about new babies.
(b) People don't care about old Germans.
(c) People only care about money.
(d) People only care about women.

15. In "The Lie," what does Eli's father do to try to get Eli into Whitehill?
(a) Donate a large sum of money.
(b) Sneak him in.
(c) Write Eli's entrance essay for him.
(d) Beg committee members.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes up the text of "The Manned Missiles?"

2. What political party is Hay Boyden part of?

3. What does the army do with Joe in "D.P.?"

4. What do the prosecutors try to get Madge to admit?

5. Where do the amphibians keep with their bodies?

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