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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23, Holes, Leeches, Tower.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator count while in the elevator at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) The buttons on the elevator control panel.
(b) The notes in the song he's whistling.
(c) The coins in his pocket.
(d) The holes in the ceiling.

2. Why does the narrator say, following the chubby girl's line of thinking, that the two of them will have to help her grandfather?
(a) Because they are the only friends he has.
(b) Because if they don't, they will end up feeling guilty.
(c) Because all three of them are good people.
(d) Because if they don't, the Factory will get the data.

3. How does the Librarian feel about the Pool?
(a) It reminds her of better days.
(b) She enjoys its calmness.
(c) It reminds her of painful memories.
(d) She is afraid of it.

4. Where do the narrator and the Librarian look for a musical instrument?
(a) In the Goods Depot.
(b) In the Storeroom.
(c) In the Collection Room.
(d) At the Train Station.

5. Where does the narrator fall asleep at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) In the Library.
(b) At the Gate.
(c) Near the Pool.
(d) In the Woods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator find himself longing for underground?

2. What does the narrator say may be the signal to put physical pain out of mind?

3. Why does the narrator say he drinks so much?

4. What does the Colonel say will become of the narrator's shadow in Chapter 8?

5. Where does the narrator put the skull he's received from the old man?

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