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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the old man say the future will be in Chapter 5?
(a) Semiotec-free.
(b) INKling-free.
(c) Sound-free.
(d) Color-free.

2. What is the old man working on in Chapter 3?
(a) Scent technology.
(b) Diving technology.
(c) Comparing skeletons.
(d) The mammalian palate.

3. What does the woman ask the narrator to put on at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) A rubber suit and goggles.
(b) A pair of sunglasses.
(c) A tie.
(d) A gas mask.

4. What did the Professor take with him when he left the System?
(a) All of the mammalian skulls.
(b) All of the research samples.
(c) The process for shuffling.
(d) The narrator's personal file.

5. What event makes the beasts all stop what they are doing and move simultaneously in one direction in Chapter 2?
(a) The approach of dinnertime.
(b) The call of the Gatekeeper.
(c) The opening of the Gate.
(d) The blowing of the horn.

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

7. Why does the chubby girl say she wears pink?
(a) It's her favorite color.
(b) It was her mother's favorite color.
(c) Her grandfather thinks she looks pretty in pink.
(d) It helps scare off the INKlings.

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

9. What does the Colonel give the narrator as winter approaches in Chapter 14?
(a) Winter boots.
(b) A winter hat.
(c) A winter coat.
(d) Winter gloves.

10. What does the narrator tell the Gatekeeper about his shadow at the end of Chapter 24?
(a) He is worried about his shadow.
(b) His shadow seems weak.
(c) He doesn't know if it was good to visit his shadow.
(d) He has decided to give up on his shadow.

11. What is the first thing the Professor asks for on seeing his granddaughter and the narrator at the beginning of Chapter 25?
(a) A telephone.
(b) Something to drink.
(c) Food.
(d) An INKling repellant device.

12. What does the narrator realize has hurt him when he wakes up at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) The sun.
(b) A skull.
(c) The winter.
(d) A beast.

13. Where does the Librarian live?
(a) In the Industrial Quarter.
(b) Beside the Clock Tower.
(c) In the Worker's Quarter.
(d) Beside the Old Bridge.

14. What was supposed to happen on the 2nd at noon?
(a) The program was supposed to detonate.
(b) The program was supposed to be cancelled.
(c) The world was supposed to end.
(d) The data was supposed to reshuffle itself.

15. What kind of watch is Junior wearing?
(a) A Rolex.
(b) A Swatch.
(c) A Breitling.
(d) An Omega.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Gatekeeper say the narrator will see if he climbs the Watchtower?

2. Why does the shadow say he needed the map sooner?

3. Why does the narrator say, following the chubby girl's line of thinking, that the two of them will have to help her grandfather?

4. What do the girl and the narrator find half-way up the tower?

5. What does the Colonel say will become of the narrator's shadow in Chapter 8?

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