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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, End of the World, Charlie Parker, Time Bomb | Chapter 18, Dreamreading.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Colonel say will become of the narrator's feelings for his shadow in Chapter 8?
(a) He will understand soon.
(b) He will realize that it's for the best.
(c) He will become more and more angry.
(d) He will forget.

2. Why does the narrator say, following the chubby girl's line of thinking, that the two of them will have to help her grandfather?
(a) Because if they don't, the Factory will get the data.
(b) Because they are the only friends he has.
(c) Because all three of them are good people.
(d) Because if they don't, they will end up feeling guilty.

3. What does the Librarian serve at the end of each session?
(a) Tea.
(b) Soup.
(c) Cake.
(d) Coffee.

4. What does the narrator make of the librarian's appetite at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) He isn't surprised, given her frame.
(b) He is worried she doesn't spend enough money on food.
(c) He thinks it's a little disgusting.
(d) He doesn't understand why women always seem to be on a diet.

5. What does the Colonel say will become of the narrator's shadow in Chapter 8?
(a) It will die.
(b) It will live its own life.
(c) It will escape.
(d) It will forget him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Colonel give the narrator as winter approaches in Chapter 14?

2. Where does the librarian say the unicorn skull was lost while recounting the story of Professor Petrov in Chapter 9?

3. Where does the narrator put the skull he's received from the old man?

4. Which landmark does the narrator describe in detail at the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. What does the Gatekeeper use to pierce the narrator's eyes in Chapter 4?

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