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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. On page 26, Brian notes that they do get electric power, "albeit sporadically." What is he saying about the electricity?

2. How does one of the Monitors subtly threaten Brian when they are talking in Dining?

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

4. After the burials, what does Brian realize about Gwen's death?

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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

7. What is the Slough?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that analyzes the purpose of the exposition about the "Slough" (24-25). Support your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Consider this quote from page 27:

Honestly, I am filled with hope. What new life might we begin, free of the bothersome prospect of being Visited? Dedicated to some new task, some fresh way of being? Who might we become, sans roles, free to redecorate and un-theme this spacious home of ours? What might come to interest us? Toward what might we redirect our considerable, until now misspent, energy?

Write an essay in which you consider how this quote characterizes Brian, given the information he has already shared about the "Slough." Use textual evidence to support your assertions.

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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