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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. Where does the librarian say the unicorn skull was lost while recounting the story of Professor Petrov in Chapter 9?
(a) In Leningrad.
(b) In Moscow.
(c) In Stalingrad.
(d) In the Ukraine.

2. What is the old man working on in Chapter 3?
(a) Diving technology.
(b) Comparing skeletons.
(c) The mammalian palate.
(d) Scent technology.

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

4. Which landmark does the narrator describe in detail at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) The promenade.
(b) The town square.
(c) The town park.
(d) The clock tower.

5. What was supposed to happen on the 2nd at noon?
(a) The world was supposed to end.
(b) The program was supposed to be cancelled.
(c) The data was supposed to reshuffle itself.
(d) The program was supposed to detonate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it about the poster of Frankfurt at the supermarket that makes the narrator uneasy?

2. What does the narrator use to call up the End of the World?

3. Why does the narrator say he has no intention of turning in his Calcutec qualifications in Chapter 11?

4. What does the Colonel give the narrator to help nurse him back to health?

5. What do Junior and Big Boy do to the narrator, saying they have no choice?

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