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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the biologist think about when she is in the tunnel in 02: Integration?
(a) How much she loves her husband.
(b) How she can kill the psychologist when she gets back up to the surface.
(c) How scared she is.
(d) The pool that was at her home growing up.

2. Who does the narrator indicate will be the only other member of the expedition to last more than a day or two?
(a) The psychologist.
(b) The surveyor.
(c) The anthropologist.
(d) Nobody will last more than a day or two.

3. How did the agents of the Southern Reach treat the biologist's husband when they took him to the hospital?
(a) They ignored him completely.
(b) They flattered him and even worshipped him.
(c) They treated him viciously and bullied him.
(d) They treated him with great respect, like he was a bomb about to go off.

4. Why does the biologist think it would be good to talk to the psychologist before going back into the tower?
(a) She wants to seek revenge for the anthropologist as soon as she can.
(b) She knows that they will need help extracting the body they found in the tower.
(c) The psychologist would have had a chance to see whatever creature killed the anthropologist.
(d) She wants to use the psychologist as bait to capture whatever is in the tower.

5. What is the first thing that the biologist notices when she enters the tower the second time?
(a) The stairs are covered in glitter.
(b) There is something watching them.
(c) There is the smell of a dead body.
(d) The tower is breathing.

6. What is the purpose of the black device the members of the expedition wear?
(a) The device powers their cellphones.
(b) The device warns them when they are in an unsafe area.
(c) The device helps them leave the area every night.
(d) The device has no stated purpose.

7. Why does the surveyor refuse to go to the lighthouse in 02: Integration?
(a) Whoever is there will be armed.
(b) She's afraid of lighthouses.
(c) She doesn't believe the lighthouse exists.
(d) Her legs are too tired to keep walking.

8. What substance do the surveyor and the biologist discover on the stairs during their second trip into the tower?
(a) Slime marked by strange footprints and small red organisms.
(b) An underground ocean of blood.
(c) A mysterious gas that makes people susceptible to hypnosis.
(d) A new kind of coquina that's specially made for growing fungus.

9. What is the name of the government organization overseeing the expedition?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The Pentagon.
(c) The Southern Reach.
(d) The Bureau of Extranormal Affairs.

10. Which member of the expedition is the first to go into the tunnel?
(a) The biologist.
(b) The surveyor.
(c) They all go in together.
(d) The psychologist.

11. How does the surveyor seem to feel about the biologist's attempt to change her mind at the end of 02: Integration?
(a) It confirms something she had suspected of the biologist.
(b) It makes the surveyor fear the biologist's brainpower.
(c) It is a complete surprise.
(d) It makes the surveyor respect the biologist's tenacity.

12. How does the biologist characterize her relationship with her husband in the days immediate prior to his expedition to Area X?
(a) Their marriage was one of convenience.
(b) Their marriage is strained.
(c) They cut their engagement short so they could marry before he left.
(d) Their marriage is happier than it's ever been.

13. What happened to the members of the third expedition sent to explore the area that the narrator's expedition explores?
(a) They disappeared without a trace.
(b) They committed suicide by gunshot.
(c) They returned home safe and sound.
(d) They shot at each other.

14. Which member drops out before they even enter Area X?
(a) A medical doctor.
(b) A chemist.
(c) A linguist.
(d) A nuclear physicist.

15. What did every member of the prior expedition include in their drawings and notes about the area?
(a) Base camp.
(b) The boar.
(c) The lighthouse.
(d) The tower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the biologist learn about the sample that she studies at base camp in 02: Integration?

2. How many people are in the 12th expedition originally?

3. What does the biologist do when they return to base camp in 01: Initiation?

4. What are shape are the tiny creatures inside of the tunnel?

5. How does the surveyor respond when the biologist asks whether she will wait at base camp?

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