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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. To what do the inhaled spores make the narrator immune?

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

3. What does the biologist learn about the sample that she studies at base camp in 02: Integration?

4. Why does the biologist give the surveyor the first watch of the night?

5. How long does the psychologist stay in the tunnel in 01: Initiation?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Initiation," what does the Biologist say happened to the members of the last expedition?

2. How does the narrator react when she first realizes that the psychologist is issuing a hypnotic command to which she is immune?

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

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

5. What discovery frightens the biologist and the surveyor within the tower in 02: Integration?

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

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

8. What does the anthropologist's body look like when the biologist finds her in the tunnel?

9. What does the biologist notice first about the tunnel the second time she enters it?

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

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

Though the novel mostly takes place within Area X, the biologist offers occasional descriptions of the outside world from which she came. Write an essay analyzing the biologist's descriptions of the outside world to determine what she believes of the world outside and how these beliefs connect to the themes of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the significance of the black and white photo that the biologist finds in the lighthouse. Using evidence from the text, make inferences as to who circled the photo and what role the man in the photo plays in the text.

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