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

2. As Brian is considering the implications of Rolph's letter, where does he suddenly realize he is standing?
(a) Back in the MAWS OF HELL.
(b) Next to Gwen's body.
(c) In front of his Sleep Slot.
(d) Near Monitoring & Reporting.

3. What unintentionally ironic comment does Edgar make about his father on page 22?
(a) “We truly don’t know what got into him there at the end."
(b) "He was always so sane."
(c) "Rolph was a good man."
(d) "He really got a kick out of fake- menacing you from above."

4. Where did Rolph learn about the surface world?
(a) From a book he found.
(b) From a class field trip.
(c) From rumors.
(d) From geography class.

5. 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?
(a) The fact that no Visitors ever come.
(b) The general misery of life underground.
(c) His desire to have a normal future with Amy.
(d) The constant failures of the power system.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Amy run to when she sees what is happening to Brian?

2. What do the page 19 letters "'R.S.,' 'T.F.,' and 'G.T.'” stand for?

3. What are "SomnoSlams" and "HyperHooper" (24)?

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

5. In his letter, Rolph uses the word "verboten" (23). What does this word mean?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the Slough?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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