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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 is Edgar Spengler holding when he approaches Brian?
(a) A rose.
(b) Tokens.
(c) A gun.
(d) Amy's boot.

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

3. 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) Like the Vistors, it is not really there.
(d) It is dangerously unstable.

4. After the burials, what does Brian realize about Gwen's death?
(a) It would not have happened if he had followed Law 6 from the beginning.
(b) It was necessary to preserve the peace of the community.
(c) It is really more Tom's fault than it is Brian and Amy's fault.
(d) It would not have happened if Gwen had been a better friend.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Rolph not worry that Edgar will read his letter?

5. What guess does Rolph make about who knows why they are living underground?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Slough?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Mr. Regis say during the funeral for the workers who have been killed?

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

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

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

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