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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 30, Hole.

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 become more and more angry.
(b) He will understand soon.
(c) He will forget.
(d) He will realize that it's for the best.

2. What is it about the poster of Frankfurt at the supermarket that makes the narrator uneasy?
(a) He doesn't like the people's not-watching-anything gaze.
(b) He is afraid of Germans.
(c) It looks cold.
(d) He gets chills when he sees tall, sharp spires.

3. The narrator begins Chapter 5 with a lengthy discussion about the quality of which object?
(a) A skull.
(b) A knife.
(c) A sofa.
(d) A sandwich.

4. What is the second book the narrator reads towards the end of Chapter 15?
(a) Spartacus.
(b) Rudin.
(c) Spring Torrents.
(d) The Red and the Black.

5. What does the narrator say may be the signal to put physical pain out of mind?
(a) Cowboys.
(b) Pretty girls.
(c) Memories.
(d) Ben Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men does the narrator first see when he looks out the window to where the men are digging the hole?

2. How does the Professor explain the narrator's memory of the dam and the king's coronation?

3. What kind of tree did the girl see outside her window while in the hospital?

4. What unusual thing does the narrator note about the Power Station?

5. What bodily function does the narrator find himself pondering in the escape route from the underground?

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