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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23, Holes, Leeches, Tower.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the librarian try to get the narrator to hear while they are lying in bed?
(a) Her food digesting.
(b) The sound of the cars passing below the window.
(c) People talking in the hall outside.
(d) Her heartbeat.

2. What does the narrator suggest be built for the beasts?
(a) A barn.
(b) An outlet to the River.
(c) A larger feeding trough.
(d) A roofed enclosure.

3. What did the narrator loose upon arriving in the Town?
(a) His eyesight.
(b) His voice.
(c) His shoes.
(d) His shadow.

4. What does the narrator count while in the elevator at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) The coins in his pocket.
(b) The buttons on the elevator control panel.
(c) The notes in the song he's whistling.
(d) The holes in the ceiling.

5. What does the librarian ask for in return for a favor at the library in Chapter 7?
(a) Chinese take-out.
(b) Money.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) A kiss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Is the narrator going up or down in the elevator at the beginning of the story?

2. What does the old man say the future will be in Chapter 5?

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

4. Why does the narrator think about the job he's doing as a dream reader?

5. Where does the narrator find the Pool?

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