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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 39, Popcorn, Lord Jim, Extinction.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why don't the Librarian and the narrator talk on the way to the Power Station?
(a) The Librarian is still angry that they narrator decided to go against her will.
(b) They are worried someone will hear them.
(c) They have run out of things to say to each other.
(d) There's no need to talk.

3. How long does the Professor say the provisions will keep him alive?
(a) One or two weeks.
(b) Three or four days.
(c) Seven or eight days.
(d) One or two days.

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

5. 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) It looks cold.
(c) He gets chills when he sees tall, sharp spires.
(d) He is afraid of Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the girl say they can't swim to the top of the tower?

2. Why does the Caretaker collect the instruments?

3. What do Junior and Big Boy tell the narrator to tell the System they were looking for?

4. What does the narrator's shadow say he can't do?

5. What does the narrator use to call up the End of the World?

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