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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Ghoul" pages 19-34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Tom Frame portray when he is working?
(a) Death.
(b) Monk Decapitated for Evil Thoughts.
(c) Banker Condemned for Usury.
(d) Flying Spear Launcher.

2. On page 24, when Brian says, "Why say it? Does it help? We know from bitter experience it does not," what is he referring to?
(a) The constant failures of the power system.
(b) The general misery of life underground.
(c) His desire to have a normal future with Amy.
(d) The fact that no Visitors ever come.

3. How does one of the Monitors subtly threaten Brian when they are talking in Dining?
(a) She touches her whistle.
(b) She keeps looking over at the Egress Spout.
(c) She pretends to take notes about him.
(d) She mimes kicking.

4. What is unusual about the elm tree that Brian leans against while he is thinking about what happened to Rolph?
(a) It is also a potpie vending machine.
(b) It is animatronic and keeps asking Brian to step away from it.
(c) It contains a hidden camera and microphone.
(d) It was never removed from its shipping box.

5. What is implied about Amy when she tells the crowd that Brian informed on Tom "To me. Just now. Immediately" (11)?
(a) She is a brusque, no-nonsense kind of person.
(b) She is unsure that her job is a useful one.
(c) She is in love with Brian.
(d) She is not a confident liar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Monitors offer to buy Brian when they come to see him in Dining?

2. What is revealed to the reader at the end of the story?

3. Which of the following is one of the other workhouses in Brian's Region?

4. From Amy's letter, what does she believe about Brian's conversation with the Monitor supervisors?

5. What city does Brian believe his community lives underneath?

(see the answer key)

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