View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From context, what must "TinyGhosts" be (11)?
(a) One of the workhouses in Brian's Region.
(b) A workhouse group for children.
(c) A song that the workers sing at night.
(d) A theatrical production.

2. What sound is used to summon a crowd when a crime has been reported?
(a) Siren.
(b) Bell.
(c) Whistle.
(d) Chime.

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

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

5. When Brian saw Rolph on Break, what was Rolph writing?
(a) A suggestion for the Suggestion Box.
(b) A letter to his son.
(c) A love poem.
(d) A new script for his character.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the elm tree that Brian leans against while he is thinking about what happened to Rolph?

2. What impresses Brian about the Feuding Ghouls?

3. On page 10, what phrase is used to describe statements like Tom's about the Visitors?

4. What is served to Brian as his lunch?

5. Who does Brian see Tom Frame mating with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Brian see mating in the Room, and why is he surprised?

2. How do Brian's feelings about Amy change over the course of their time together in the Room?

3. How did Rolph and Brian become friends?

4. Why does Brian tell the reader that they are usually "swamped" with Visitors, and what does this imply about the relationship between narrator and reader?

5. How does Amy use the trust conveyed by her position to protect herself and Brian?

6. Where does the story open, and what is happening?

7. In what way does Brian participate in Rolph's death, and how does he feel about it?

8. What indication is there in the text that Brian's interpretation of "friendship" might be different from the reader's?

9. What is the source of Ann and Tom Frame's marital troubles?

10. Describe the Room.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,034 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample