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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. From Amy's letter, what does she believe about Brian's conversation with the Monitor supervisors?

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

3. When the Monitors suggest that Brian inform on Amy in order to save himself, what does he do?

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

5. What criticism do the two head Monitors level at Brian when they find him in Dining?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the Slough?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of the floods and other periodic inconveniences experienced by the community 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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