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

2. 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 feels almost as if they are mocking him.
(c) He wonders why he never noticed them before.
(d) He is irritated at their fakeness.

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

4. 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) The Monitors stun him into unconsciousness.
(c) The Monitors assemble a crowd around him to hold him.
(d) He does not understand what is happening until it is too late to follow her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Why did Rolph never tell Edgar what he knew about the Egress Spout?

4. What does Rolph compare the people living underground to?

5. Where did Rolph learn about the surface world?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Brian goes to look for Amy in Dining, what does he think when he sees Jim, and why?

2. How is Brian feeling when he first heads over to Dining to look for Amy, and why?

3. Describe how the bodies of dead workers are disposed of.

4. What important information does Brian learn from Rolph's letter?

5. What puzzles Brian about the air, water, electricity, and food that they use in the underground community?

6. What is the Slough?

7. Why do the people in Brian's community find it essential to believe that Visitors will arrive any day?

8. Who is Edgar Spengler, and what items does he give Brian?

9. When Brian realizes that there are no Visitors coming, what people does he think about, and what does he realize about them?

10. When Brian is looking for Amy in Dining, who finds Brian, and what do they want from him?

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