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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 26, Brian notes that they do get electric power, "albeit sporadically." What is he saying about the electricity?
(a) It is frequently not working.
(b) It is dangerously unstable.
(c) Like the Vistors, it is not really there.
(d) Only workers with tokens can get power.

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

3. What criticism do the two head Monitors level at Brian when they find him in Dining?
(a) He seems to know a large number of people who break Law 6.
(b) He did not kick Rolph very enthusiastically.
(c) He should not be getting so friendly with Amy.
(d) He did not report Tom Frame during his Reporting Period.

4. In his note to his son on his drawing of Brian, what does Rolph call Brian?
(a) Co-worker.
(b) Friend.
(c) Ghoul.
(d) Frankenstein.

5. What do the page 19 letters "'R.S.,' 'T.F.,' and 'G.T.'” stand for?
(a) They are abbreviations used in scripts.
(b) They are the initials of the dead.
(c) They are sections in the Room.
(d) They refer to different workhouses.

6. What are "SomnoSlams" and "HyperHooper" (24)?
(a) Mind-altering drugs.
(b) Desserts available from Vending.
(c) Popular music styles.
(d) The two shoe styles available.

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

8. What does Brian's ghoul costume indicate that his character did before his death?
(a) Fought fires.
(b) Worked in an office.
(c) Delivered the mail.
(d) Played football.

9. After the burials, what does Brian realize about Gwen's death?
(a) It was necessary to preserve the peace of the community.
(b) It is really more Tom's fault than it is Brian and Amy's fault.
(c) It would not have happened if he had followed Law 6 from the beginning.
(d) It would not have happened if Gwen had been a better friend.

10. From Amy's letter, what does she believe about Brian's conversation with the Monitor supervisors?
(a) She believes that they were about to turn Brian in.
(b) She believes that Brian was working with Shirley from the beginning.
(c) She believes that Brian was trying to get a job as a Monitor.
(d) She believes that he informed on her.

11. What is Edgar Spengler holding when he approaches Brian?
(a) Amy's boot.
(b) A rose.
(c) A gun.
(d) Tokens.

12. What prevents Brian from following Amy when she runs away from the Monitor supervisors?
(a) He cannot see which direction she has gone because of the cowboys.
(b) He does not understand what is happening until it is too late to follow her.
(c) The Monitors stun him into unconsciousness.
(d) The Monitors assemble a crowd around him to hold him.

13. 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) His desire to have a normal future with Amy.
(b) The general misery of life underground.
(c) The constant failures of the power system.
(d) The fact that no Visitors ever come.

14. Why did Rolph never tell Edgar what he knew about the Egress Spout?
(a) He did not want to upset Edgar with the knowledge.
(b) He was afraid that knowing might get Edgar killed.
(c) He thought that Edgar would inform on him.
(d) He did not think that Edgar would believe him.

15. Why does Rolph not worry that Edgar will read his letter?
(a) Edgar is illiterate.
(b) Edgar would never disrespect his father's privacy.
(c) Edgar does not like to read.
(d) The letter is sealed with wax.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Monitors suggest that Brian inform on Amy in order to save himself, what does he do?

2. Where does Amy run to when she sees what is happening to Brian?

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

4. In his letter, Rolph uses the word "verboten" (23). What does this word mean?

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

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