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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 34, Skulls.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator begins Chapter 5 with a lengthy discussion about the quality of which object?
(a) A sandwich.
(b) A skull.
(c) A sofa.
(d) A knife.

2. What does the narrator first encounter on his map-making investigations?
(a) Old army barracks.
(b) The Western Woods.
(c) A crack in the wall.
(d) An abandoned mill.

3. What escape does the Professor offer for the dilemma the narrator is faced with?
(a) If the System finds out about the research, they will abort the program.
(b) If he can unshuffle the data, the program will end automatically.
(c) If he dies now, all three of his circuits will die with him.
(d) If the Factory gets the data, the program will end automatically.

4. What does the narrator say the Librarian can never do since she has no mind?
(a) She can never need him.
(b) She can never miss him.
(c) She can never remember him.
(d) She can never love him.

5. What do Junior and Big Boy do to the narrator, saying they have no choice?
(a) They castrate him.
(b) They slice his abdomen.
(c) They shave off his hair and cut his scalp.
(d) They gouge his eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Colonel say dying might be for the beasts?

2. What does the Gatekeeper say about the narrator's questions?

3. What does the narrator compare his world to while climbing through the escape route in Chapter 29?

4. What does the Librarian compare looking for her mind to?

5. What does the narrator notice about the woman that he follows down the corridor?

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