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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 does Rolph compare the people living underground to?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Moles.
(c) Roots.
(d) Seeds.

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

3. What does Mr. Regis say governs whether people have a pleasant day or not?
(a) Whether they follow Law 6.
(b) Whether they have something to look forward to.
(c) Whether they log enough Role Hours.
(d) Whether they take the time to get to know others.

4. On page 26, Brian notes that they do get electric power, "albeit sporadically." What is he saying about the electricity?
(a) Only workers with tokens can get power.
(b) It is frequently not working.
(c) It is dangerously unstable.
(d) Like the Vistors, it is not really there.

5. What criticism do the two head Monitors level at Brian when they find him in Dining?
(a) He should not be getting so friendly with Amy.
(b) He did not kick Rolph very enthusiastically.
(c) He did not report Tom Frame during his Reporting Period.
(d) He seems to know a large number of people who break Law 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is revealed to the reader at the end of the story?

2. 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?

3. From Amy's letter, what does she believe about Brian's conversation with the Monitor supervisors?

4. After Amy leaves to go to DISCO LOVE NEST, what is Brian's response to the shimmering lights and swaying trees?

5. What unintentionally ironic comment does Edgar make about his father on page 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Slough?

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

3. What does Rolph suggest are some possible reasons for their community being put underground?

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

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

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

7. After finding out what Brian knows, what choice do the Monitors give him, and what decision does he make?

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

9. After the funeral, what conflicting feelings does Brian have about his relationship with Amy and Law 6?

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

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