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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator immediately notice when he returns to his apartment?
(a) The apartment has been cleaned up.
(b) The apartment is in worse shape than when he left.
(c) The television is gone.
(d) The walls have been vandalized.

2. What song does the narrator begin to whistle in the sewer side vent?
(a) All Along the Watchtower.
(b) Blowin' in the Wind.
(c) I Go to Pieces.
(d) Purple Rain.

3. Who does the narrator call on the telephone at the beginning of Chapter 37?
(a) The Professor.
(b) The System.
(c) The chubby girl.
(d) His mother.

4. Which song does the narrator sing along to at the librarian's house?
(a) Georgia on My Mind.
(b) Autumn Leaves.
(c) Danny Boy.
(d) I'll Be Home.

5. What does the narrator tell the librarian about himself when she says she wants to know more about him?
(a) He was born by the sea.
(b) He likes the rainfall.
(c) He was a soldier.
(d) He likes to collect things.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which instrument does the narrator eventually take with him?

2. How does the Colonel say the Town feels about the passing of a shadow?

3. What does the narrator want to do when he arrives at the Library in Chapter 34?

4. What does the Librarian compare the warmth of the narrator's hand to?

5. Why does the shadow say the narrator can't take the Librarian to the Woods?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say he plans to do with the Librarian's mind once he has read it?

2. Why does the Librarian say the accordion is "the key" in Chapter 36?

3. Why does the narrator say looking for the Librarian's mind is not like looking for raindrops?

4. What is "the encyclopedia wand"?

5. What doubts about leaving the Town does the narrator voice to his shadow in Chapter 32?

6. Given what the narrator tells his shadow about why he plans to stay, what do you think he plans to do with his time in the Town?

7. Explain what the narrator thinks about the stars as he is making his way through the underground escape route towards the end of Chapter 29.

8. Explain the parallels between the video game the narrator plays at the beginning of Chapter 35 and his life.

9. How does the narrator react to the musical instruments in Chapter 28?

10. What does the chubby girl plan to do once the narrator loses consciousness, and why?

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