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

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

3. At what time of day does a low, powerful moan always sound in the area that the expedition explores?

4. How does the surveyor respond when the biologist asks whether she will wait at base camp?

5. Who does not go into the tunnel during the first exploration?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the members of the 12th expedition not know about the Tower/Tunnel ahead of time?

2. What are the members of the 12th expedition told to do with their journals?

3. What hypnotic commands does the psychologist give the team on the evening after they first explore the tower?

4. How does the surveyor respond when the biologist asks whether she can perceive the tower breathing?

5. What happens when the members of the expedition call back to the low moaning sound that comes from Area X at dusk?

6. What new precaution does the psychologist announce in "Initiation," on the narrator's recommendation?

7. Why are the members of the expedition told not to share their journals with one another?

8. What is the surveyor's reaction when the biologist tells her that the psychologist has been hypnotizing them?

9. Describe the black boxes that each member of the expedition is given.

10. What is unique about the pool that the biologist had at her home growing up?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the term "foil" as it pertains to characters in a novel or story. Who is a foil to the biologist? Use evidence from the text and carefully explain why this selection was made.

Essay Topic 2

The Biologist is infected by something in Area X. She changes throughout the text due to this infection and begins to refer to her infection as "brightness." Does this infection make her more or less human? In other words, does Area X have a positive or negative effect on her?

Essay Topic 3

At the conclusion of the novel, the biologist decides to follow her husband's footsteps, explaining that she does not need to find him but that she does need "to see what he saw" (194). How is this scene representative of their marriage?

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