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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Colonel say dying might be for the beasts?
(a) A traumatic experience.
(b) A painful occurrence.
(c) A relief.
(d) Their salvation.

3. Where does the narrator's shadow sleep?
(a) In a lean-to.
(b) Under a tree.
(c) Beneath the Watchtower.
(d) In a room in the barracks.

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

5. What does the Gatekeeper use to pierce the narrator's eyes in Chapter 4?
(a) A laser.
(b) A flame.
(c) A pencil.
(d) A blade.

6. What topic of conversation makes the narrator uncomfortable in Chapter 5?
(a) The old man's sex drive.
(b) The old man's granddaughter's sex drive.
(c) His own sex drive.
(d) The INKlings' sex drive.

7. What does the librarian ask for in return for a favor at the library in Chapter 7?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Money.
(c) A kiss.
(d) Chinese take-out.

8. Why does the Colonel say the narrator's love for the Librarian may not be prudent?
(a) She is married.
(b) She is too young.
(c) Without mind, she cannot return his feelings.
(d) She does not care about him; she only helps him because she has to.

9. What is the second book the narrator reads towards the end of Chapter 15?
(a) The Red and the Black.
(b) Spring Torrents.
(c) Rudin.
(d) Spartacus.

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

11. What does the narrator find himself longing for underground?
(a) Sunlight.
(b) A cup of coffee.
(c) A girlfriend.
(d) The morning newspaper.

12. What did the Gatekeeper say he was when showing the narrator his arsenal at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) A blacksmith.
(b) A criminal.
(c) A hunter.
(d) A soldier.

13. What do the scientists compare the mind to in explaining the use of his consciousness to the narrator in Chapter 11?
(a) A peach.
(b) An apple.
(c) A lemon.
(d) A watermelon.

14. Where does the woman tell the narrator that he'll find her grandfather's lab?
(a) In the tree.
(b) Under the river.
(c) Beyond the waterfall.
(d) Over the rainbow.

15. What does the Gatekeeper say about the narrator's questions?
(a) Soon he will no longer feel the need to ask.
(b) The questions are annoying.
(c) There will be no answers today.
(d) The narrator asks too many questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tree did the girl see outside her window while in the hospital?

2. How does the narrator pass the sunny days?

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

4. What event makes the beasts all stop what they are doing and move simultaneously in one direction in Chapter 2?

5. What does the Gatekeeper say about the stash of old clothes?

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