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

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

3. What is the name of the government organization overseeing the expedition?
(a) The Pentagon.
(b) The Southern Reach.
(c) The Bureau of Extranormal Affairs.
(d) The FBI.

4. What killed the narrator's husband?
(a) A monster within Area X.
(b) Cancer.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) A scientist who went crazy in Area X.

5. What does the biologist learn about the sample that she studies at base camp in 02: Integration?
(a) It consists of the anthropologist's own blood.
(b) It consists of fruiting bodies from the fungi on the walls.
(c) It consists of brain tissue from an human creature.
(d) It consists of liver tissue from a boar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the surveyor and the biologist discover when they return to base camp after their second trip into the tower?

3. Which member of the expedition has had the most weapons training?

4. Who does the narrator indicate will be the only other member of the expedition to last more than a day or two?

5. What happened to the members of the second expedition sent to explore the area that the narrator's expedition explores?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the moaning sound that the expedition hears in Area X?

2. What is the interaction between the biologist and the surveyor before she heads to the lighthouse in 02: Integration?

3. What do the surveyor and biologist realize when they exit the tunnel in 02: Integration?

4. What does the psychologist plan to do while the surveyor and biologist explore the tower in 02: Integration?

5. What do the biologist and the surveyor discover when they wake up at the beginning of 02: Integration?

6. What commonalities did the narrator notice when looking through interview materials from the participants of the 11th expedition?

7. Why did the Southern Reach stop issuing firearms for a while after the third expedition?

8. What does the biologist notice about the psychologist in the initial conversation about the anthropologist's absence in 02: Integration?

9. After they discover the body of the anthropologist in 02: Integration, how does the biologist's view on the expedition change?

10. What does the biologist believe would happen if the expedition members were to immediately search for the anthropologist in 02: Integration?

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