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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the professor's parents, brothers, and sister die?
(a) A train crash.
(b) Sickness.
(c) A road accident.
(d) A bomb during World War II.

2. What decision does the narrator make?
(a) He wants to join the rebels.
(b) He kills himself.
(c) He wants to be plugged back into the Matrix.
(d) He wants to join the machines.

3. What was written on the postcard that the narrator found?
(a) Find me.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Remember.
(d) I love you.

4. Who lets the boys in to the party?
(a) Alison.
(b) A moody looking boy.
(c) A girl called Stella.
(d) Alison's parents.

5. According to the man, who is attacking?
(a) The USSR.
(b) Aliens.
(c) Zombies.
(d) Terrorists.

6. Why is the narrator pulled out of the Matrix?
(a) To help stop the rebels.
(b) To help them understand the human mind.
(c) He is too aware of the machines' control.
(d) To pilot a space fighter ship.

7. What does Missy order at the cafe?
(a) A bowl of ice cream.
(b) Hash browns, ketchup, and a steak knife.
(c) Cola and a bag of chips.
(d) A burger and fries.

8. When Eddie checks to see what is making a horrible howling noise, what does he find?
(a) The cat has been skinned, but is still alive.
(b) The cat is still alive, but half eaten.
(c) The cat is giving birth.
(d) The cat is eating Miss Corvier alive.

9. What is pitiable about sufferers?
(a) They begin to lose their memories.
(b) They think that the whole world is against them.
(c) They have frequent bursts of sense amid the nonsense.
(d) They are in a great deal of pain.

10. How does Harlequin refer to Missy?
(a) As Queen of Love.
(b) As his Valentine.
(c) As his Columbine.
(d) As his future wife.

11. With what does he baptize the model?
(a) His blood.
(b) His tears.
(c) Water.
(d) Whiskey.

12. In 'Harlequin Valentine' what does Harlequin pin on Missy's front door?
(a) A red and black striped ribbon.
(b) His heart.
(c) A card.
(d) A charcoal drawing of Missy.

13. When he meets Becky again years later, what does she tell him was the real reason for her breaking up with him?
(a) She was pregnant.
(b) She was seeing her boss.
(c) He was getting too serious, and she wasn't a home wrecker.
(d) The narrator's wife threatened her and forced her to leave him.

14. Where is the author the second time reality seems to fade?
(a) On the tube.
(b) In his car.
(c) At work.
(d) In bed.

15. Why has Greta come to see the professor?
(a) She wants to write a book about her life.
(b) She is researching her for a school project.
(c) She suspects that she is the same Susan as from the Narnia books.
(d) She wants to do a profile on her for a newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Scarlet calls the narrator, what does she tell him/her?

2. What does Eddie do?

3. What now happens to Missy and Harlequin?

4. What does the professor say being left behind meant for her?

5. What has happened to her people?

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