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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Is the narrator going up or down in the elevator at the beginning of the story?

2. What does the narrator say he uses his car for in Chapter 7?

3. What is the second book the narrator reads towards the end of Chapter 15?

4. Where does the narrator say the smoke comes from?

5. Where does the Librarian live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give a brief description of the beasts introduced in Chapter 2.

2. Describe the differences between Western and Eastern unicorns as presented in Chapter 9.

3. Explain the narrator's reaction to the skull the Professor gives him as a gift.

4. Why does the Professor say in Chapter 25 that he gave the narrator the data to shuffle with the terminal program?

5. Explain where the narrator is at the beginning of Chapter 1 and what he spends his time doing.

6. What does the Librarian say she particularly remembers about her mother in Chapter 22? How does the narrator explain this memory?

7. What do you know about the Pool based on your readings in Chapter 12?

8. Describe where the narrator's shadow lives.

9. What does the Gatekeeper have to say about the fact that the narrator got lost in the Woods and fell ill?

10. Describe the process for reading dreams.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the first two chapters of the book. In the first chapter, the narrator is stuck in an elevator. In the second chapter, the beasts and the coming of autumn are described. Compare and contrast the tone of both of these chapters.

Essay Topic 2

Being as specific as you can, explain the Tokyo narrator's perception of reality as events unfold at the beginning of the book. Did the narrator's reaction to what is happening assist in your suspension of disbelief? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how the phrase "the End of the World" is used to link the two storylines together and explain what the end of the world really is.

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