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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Brian's ghoul costume indicate that his character did before his death?

3. What does Rolph compare the people living underground to?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that analyzes the symbolic value of caves in "Ghoul." Support your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of the letters and other written artifacts in "Ghoul." Be sure to defend your ideas with textual evidence.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that analyzes the ways in which Brian's critical thinking is compromised by his environment. Support your claims with evidence from the text.

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