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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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 did not think that Edgar would believe him.
(c) He thought that Edgar would inform on him.
(d) He was afraid that knowing might get Edgar killed.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Edgar Spengler holding when he approaches Brian?

2. After the burials, what does Brian realize about Gwen's death?

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

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

5. How does one of the Monitors subtly threaten Brian when they are talking in Dining?

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