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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Amy rationalize her lie about Tom Frame?
(a) Tom did commit the crime she accused him of.
(b) Tom is often impolite.
(c) Tom would have been caught sooner or later.
(d) Tom tried to get Brian in trouble.

2. What is Leonard's complaint about lunch?
(a) He wants it served to the oldest workers first.
(b) It is not very filling.
(c) It is not hot enough.
(d) Layla brings the lunch a few minutes later every day.

3. When Brian takes Amy's hand during the flood, what is he reminded of?
(a) FIFTIES SOCK HOP.
(b) DISCO LOVE NEST.
(c) VICTORIAN WEEKEND.
(d) CHICAGO GANGSTER HIDEOUT.

4. When Brian goes for a walk along the creek to think, what does he see being repaired?
(a) Ducks.
(b) The vending machines.
(c) Bridge C.
(d) Fish.

5. On page 10, what phrase is used to describe statements like Tom's about the Visitors?
(a) Disturbing Sentiment.
(b) Erroneous Negativity.
(c) Regrettable Falsehood.
(d) Anti-Community Statement.

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

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

8. On page 12, what does Amy tell Brian is her motivation for protecting him from the consequences of his crime?
(a) She does not think that omission should be considered a crime.
(b) She has always thought that he is attractive.
(c) She is no longer sure that telling the truth should be a crime.
(d) She is sick of seeing people being killed.

9. Why does Leonard get to sit down while the others squat?
(a) He has seniority.
(b) He arrives first every day to get the best spot.
(c) He portrays a different kind of ghoul.
(d) His knee is injured.

10. Why did Brian save Tom's letter?
(a) He wanted to read it several more times.
(b) He wanted to have it as proof of Tom's crime.
(c) He does not have anything else to read.
(d) He wanted to show it to Tim, at work.

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

12. What does Brian see on Tom Frame's body when he passes it later in the day?
(a) A potpie.
(b) A squirrel.
(c) A bird.
(d) A rose.

13. Who does Brian see Tom Frame mating with?
(a) Layla.
(b) Shirley.
(c) Gwen.
(d) Amy.

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

15. What name does Bill always call Brian?
(a) Erebus.
(b) Godzilla.
(c) Mephistopheles.
(d) Frankenstein.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Brian's workhouse?

3. In his letter, Tom claims that his remark was "facetiousness" (9). What is he claiming?

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

5. What does Brian usually do when he overhears someone say something he should report?

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