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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 34, Skulls.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which instrument does the narrator eventually take with him?
(a) An accordion.
(b) A harmonica.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A trumpet.

3. What does the narrator tell the librarian to comfort her at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Her mother must have missed her.
(b) Nothing is her fault.
(c) She is the best friend he's got.
(d) She is not alone.

4. Where does the narrator fall asleep at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) In the Woods.
(b) At the Gate.
(c) Near the Pool.
(d) In the Library.

5. How many men does the narrator first see when he looks out the window to where the men are digging the hole?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the Professor say the provisions will keep him alive?

2. What does the narrator first encounter on his map-making investigations?

3. What one thing does the chubby girl say to the narrator that eases his mind as they are swimming to the exit of the underground?

4. The narrator begins Chapter 5 with a lengthy discussion about the quality of which object?

5. What do the scientists compare the mind to in explaining the use of his consciousness to the narrator in Chapter 11?

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