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

2. Where does the biologist expect to find the psychologist in 02: Integration?

3. Which member drops out before they even enter Area X?

4. What does the surveyor do when they return to base camp in 01: Initiation?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the psychologist get the biologist and the surveyor to go into the tunnel without her In Integration?

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

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

4. What is recorded about the first expedition into Area X?

5. In 02: Integration, what is the biologist's theory about what happened to the anthropologist?

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

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

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

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

10. What comparison does the narrator make between the ocean air and the air back home in "Initiation"?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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