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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 do the page 19 letters "'R.S.,' 'T.F.,' and 'G.T.'” stand for?
(a) They refer to different workhouses.
(b) They are the initials of the dead.
(c) They are abbreviations used in scripts.
(d) They are sections in the Room.

2. What are "SomnoSlams" and "HyperHooper" (24)?
(a) Desserts available from Vending.
(b) The two shoe styles available.
(c) Mind-altering drugs.
(d) Popular music styles.

3. 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) The story itself is part of Brian's plan to expose the truth about his community.
(c) Brian has been living on the surface the whole time in some strange psychological experiement.
(d) Brian is telling this story to the first Visitor to ever appear in the workhouse.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Regis say governs whether people have a pleasant day or not?

2. What was Rolph especially eager to see in the surface world?

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

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

5. What city does Brian believe his community lives underneath?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Slough?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What causes Brian to realize that he is in love with Amy?

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

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