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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the name of Brian's workhouse?
(a) THE SEVENTH CIRCLE.
(b) SATAN'S FURNACE.
(c) MAWS OF HELL.
(d) THE FIERY PIT.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Tom Frame portray when he is working?

3. What is served to Brian as his lunch?

4. What pastime is available in the Room?

5. Why does Leonard get to sit down while the others squat?

Short Essay Questions

1. On page 7, what does Brian find when he rushes from the creek over to Bowling to see what the commotion is?

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

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

4. Explain the etiquette that governs how workers react to others "mating" in the Room.

5. Describe the Room.

6. What is ironic about Tom's behavior when Amy confronts him about the letter?

7. 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?

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

9. What is in Tom's note to Brian, and how does Brian react to the note?

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

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