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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the expedition team laugh over dinner in 01: Initiation?
(a) They watch a group of ducks on the pond.
(b) When the anthropologists says, "I wish I knew what you were thinking," and the biologist responds, "no you don't" (31).
(c) The psychologist spills soup on herself.
(d) The surveyor tells them all dirty jokes.

2. How many expeditions have been to Area X, including the one in 01:Initiation?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 21.
(d) 15.

3. How does the tunnel change as they get lower?
(a) It gets brighter.
(b) It gets warmer.
(c) It gets cooler.
(d) It begins to smell like cotton balls.

4. How many people are in the 12th expedition originally?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

5. How does the narrator feel when she sees the psychologist use hypnosis?
(a) Fascinated.
(b) Curious.
(c) Amused.
(d) Troubled.

6. Why do the biologist and the surveyor wish they had the linguist while they are in the tunnel?
(a) So she could tell them the origin of the words.
(b) So she could read the brale.
(c) So she could tell them how long the words had been there.
(d) So she could translate the foreign language.

7. Where does the biologist expect to find the psychologist in 02: Integration?
(a) In the lighthouse.
(b) At the extraction point.
(c) At the tower.
(d) Swimming at sea.

8. What does the narrator do when she realizes she has been contaminated by the organism growing on the walls underground?
(a) She confesses right away.
(b) She tries to hide it but is caught almost immediately.
(c) She purposefully contaminates the others.
(d) She hides it from the others.

9. What does the psychologist do when they return to base camp in 01: Initiation?
(a) Makes everyone a snack.
(b) Contacts the people in the government.
(c) Goes to her tent and writes in her journal.
(d) Creates a new map.

10. Who does not want to go back to the tower in 02: Integration?
(a) The psychologist.
(b) The surveyor.
(c) All three remaining members.
(d) The biologist.

11. What do the surveyor and the biologist discover when they return to base camp after their second trip into the tower?
(a) The boar is there, waiting for them.
(b) The base camp has been burnt to the ground.
(c) The psychologist has left, taking the supplies with her.
(d) The tower has expanded to swallow the base camp.

12. How does the biologist rationalize her attempt to manipulate the surveyor into going to the lighthouse?
(a) She thinks they should both be completely dedicated to their mission.
(b) She thinks her personal safety is more important than what the surveyor wants.
(c) She does not want the anthropologist's death to be meaningless.
(d) She thinks the surveyor would have a good time at the lighthouse.

13. How does the biologist feel about exploring alone on her way to the lighthouse?
(a) She is mad that the surveyor will not come with her.
(b) She knows she will be bored traveling alone.
(c) She welcomes the chance to travel alone.
(d) She is terrified of being on her own.

14. What new precautions do the expedition members plan to take before going back underground in 01: Initiation?
(a) They will wear breathing masks.
(b) They will use smoke to smoke out any dangerous beasts.
(c) They will call in a tactical nuclear strike over the area.
(d) They will burn every living thing they see.

15. What personal connection does the biologist reveal about herself and Area X in 02: Integration?
(a) Area X was named after her grandpa, Cornelius X.
(b) Her parents were both born in Area X.
(c) Her favorite spot in her childhood was actually a piece of Area X.
(d) Her husband went on the eleventh expedition to Area X.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the killer do that made them responsible for the death of the corpse discovered in 02: Integration?

2. What question keeps the narrator awake after she first discovers the tower in 01: Initiation?

3. What is the name of the government organization overseeing the expedition?

4. Who does the biologist deduce was ultimately responsible for the death of the corpse discovered in 02: Integration?

5. What is the surveyor's background?

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