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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 Monitors offer to buy Brian when they come to see him in Dining?
(a) A potpie.
(b) A Kit Kat.
(c) A steak.
(d) A Coke.

2. In his letter, Rolph uses the word "verboten" (23). What does this word mean?
(a) Forbidden.
(b) Unwise.
(c) Impulsive.
(d) Aggressive.

3. After Amy leaves to go to DISCO LOVE NEST, what is Brian's response to the shimmering lights and swaying trees?
(a) He wonders why he never noticed them before.
(b) He thinks how beautiful his community's world is.
(c) He feels almost as if they are mocking him.
(d) He is irritated at their fakeness.

4. What was Rolph especially eager to see in the surface world?
(a) The animals.
(b) The grocery stores.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The sky.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is responsible for supervising the Monitors at night?

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

3. In his note to his son on his drawing of Brian, what does Rolph call Brian?

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

5. What is Edgar Spengler holding when he approaches Brian?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Slough?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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