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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The Monitors proudly tell Brian that the community's system is "distinguished by its rigor, discipline," and what (28)?
(a) Civility.
(b) Obedience.
(c) Order.
(d) Ferocity.

4. After Amy leaves to go to DISCO LOVE NEST, what is Brian's response to the shimmering lights and swaying trees?
(a) He thinks how beautiful his community's world is.
(b) He is irritated at their fakeness.
(c) He feels almost as if they are mocking him.
(d) He wonders why he never noticed them before.

5. Where does Amy run to when she sees what is happening to Brian?
(a) The Egress Spout.
(b) MAWS OF HELL.
(c) VICTORIAN WEEKEND.
(d) DISCO LOVE NEST.

6. Who is responsible for supervising the Monitors at night?
(a) Kiko.
(b) Amy.
(c) Mr. Regis.
(d) Shirley.

7. What guess does Rolph make about who knows why they are living underground?
(a) Monitoring & Reporting knows.
(b) Mr. Regis from Workhouse Effective Coordination knows.
(c) Only the surface dwellers know.
(d) No one in their community knows.

8. 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 is telling this story to the first Visitor to ever appear in the workhouse.
(c) The story itself is part of Brian's plan to expose the truth about his community.
(d) Brian has been dead for many years, and the story he wrote is used to train new Monitors.

9. What city does Brian believe his community lives underneath?
(a) Sacramento, California.
(b) Reno, Nevada.
(c) Phoenix, Arizona.
(d) Pueblo, Colorado.

10. What do the Monitors offer to buy Brian when they come to see him in Dining?
(a) A Coke.
(b) A potpie.
(c) A Kit Kat.
(d) A steak.

11. 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 trying to get a job as a Monitor.
(c) She believes that he informed on her.
(d) She believes that Brian was working with Shirley from the beginning.

12. When the Monitors suggest that Brian inform on Amy in order to save himself, what does he do?
(a) Shows them Rolph's letter.
(b) Makes a run for the Egress Spout.
(c) Makes a run for the tram.
(d) Agrees to inform on Amy.

13. In his letter, Rolph uses the word "verboten" (23). What does this word mean?
(a) Forbidden.
(b) Impulsive.
(c) Aggressive.
(d) Unwise.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Rolph learn about the surface world?

3. In his note to his son on his drawing of Brian, what does Rolph call Brian?

4. What does Mr. Regis say governs whether people have a pleasant day or not?

5. What prevents Brian from following Amy when she runs away from the Monitor supervisors?

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