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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. What is the "DisaHole" (5)?
(a) The hole that Tom vanishes through during his act.
(b) The vacuum tube where dead bodies are disposed of.
(c) The painted section of wall that the creek seems to flow into.
(d) The duct that connects the underground workhouses to the surface.

2. What is revealed to the reader at the end of the story?
(a) Brian has been living on the surface the whole time in some strange psychological experiement.
(b) Brian has been dead for many years, and the story he wrote is used to train new Monitors.
(c) Brian is telling this story to the first Visitor to ever appear in the workhouse.
(d) The story itself is part of Brian's plan to expose the truth about his community.

3. What is the name of Brian's workhouse?
(a) THE FIERY PIT.
(b) THE SEVENTH CIRCLE.
(c) SATAN'S FURNACE.
(d) MAWS OF HELL.

4. What unintentionally ironic comment does Edgar make about his father on page 22?
(a) "Rolph was a good man."
(b) “We truly don’t know what got into him there at the end."
(c) "He really got a kick out of fake- menacing you from above."
(d) "He was always so sane."

5. What is served to Brian as his lunch?
(a) Cherries floating in bath water.
(b) Wheat cereal soaked in beer.
(c) Fish heads and melted ice cream.
(d) Broth with a piece of candy bar in it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the wall behind Brian at work meant to resemble?

2. The Monitors proudly tell Brian that the community's system is "distinguished by its rigor, discipline," and what (28)?

3. What word do the people in the story use to mean "inform"?

4. What criticism do the two head Monitors level at Brian when they find him in Dining?

5. What are Visitors called in VICTORIAN WEEKEND?

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