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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the agents of the Southern Reach treat the biologist's husband when they took him to the hospital?
(a) They ignored him completely.
(b) They flattered him and even worshipped him.
(c) They treated him viciously and bullied him.
(d) They treated him with great respect, like he was a bomb about to go off.

2. 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 husband went on the eleventh expedition to Area X.
(c) Her favorite spot in her childhood was actually a piece of Area X.
(d) Her parents were both born in Area X.

3. How does the surveyor seem to feel about the biologist's attempt to change her mind at the end of 02: Integration?
(a) It makes the surveyor respect the biologist's tenacity.
(b) It confirms something she had suspected of the biologist.
(c) It is a complete surprise.
(d) It makes the surveyor fear the biologist's brainpower.

4. What does the first expedition report about Area X?
(a) Nothing out of the ordinary, just wild and untouched wilderness.
(b) Alien lifeforms.
(c) All of the wildlife had been killed by something.
(d) All of the trees were burnt down.

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

6. How does the biologist characterize her relationship with her husband in the days immediate prior to his expedition to Area X?
(a) Their marriage is strained.
(b) Their marriage was one of convenience.
(c) Their marriage is happier than it's ever been.
(d) They cut their engagement short so they could marry before he left.

7. What does the psychologist use hypnosis to keep the surveyor and anthropologist from doing?
(a) Remembering their names.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Agreeing with her.
(d) Going underground.

8. What method does the psychologist use to keep the members of the expedition from hallucinating as they enter?
(a) Medication.
(b) Hypnosis.
(c) Sleep deprivation.
(d) Mindfulness exercises.

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

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

11. What confuses the surveyor about the gear that the expedition was given?
(a) The gear is all covered with strange markings.
(b) The gear seems to have a life of its own.
(c) The gear is all 50 years out of date.
(d) The gear changes subtly overnight.

12. Who sees the tower first in 01:Initiation?
(a) The anthropologist.
(b) The psychologist.
(c) The biologist.
(d) The linguist.

13. Which member drops out before they even enter Area X?
(a) A nuclear physicist.
(b) A medical doctor.
(c) A linguist.
(d) A chemist.

14. What do the members of the expedition find on the walls of the tunnel?
(a) Words.
(b) Beetles.
(c) Human hair.
(d) Human blood.

15. What does the anthropologist leave behind when she leaves in Integration?
(a) Her food.
(b) Her lucky charm.
(c) She tent.
(d) Her gear and her gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the biologist, surveyor and psychologist prepared with this time (in 02: Integration) that is different from the first time they entered the tunnel?

2. What is the purpose of the black device the members of the expedition wear?

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

4. What animal comes at them on their hike to base camp in 01:Initiation?

5. How does the biologist characterize her husband's behavior upon his return from Area X?

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