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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the scientists compare the mind to in explaining the use of his consciousness to the narrator in Chapter 11?
(a) A lemon.
(b) A peach.
(c) A watermelon.
(d) An apple.

2. What does the narrator say he uses his car for in Chapter 7?
(a) Long drives.
(b) Dates.
(c) Short outings.
(d) Shopping.

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

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

5. Which landmark does the narrator describe in detail at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) The promenade.
(b) The town square.
(c) The town park.
(d) The clock tower.

6. What time of year does the narrator say it is at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Winter.

7. What do Junior and Big Boy tell the narrator to tell the System they were looking for?
(a) The notebook.
(b) The skull.
(c) The data.
(d) The safe.

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

9. What does the Professor say will happen in regards to the narrator's three cognitive circuits?
(a) The narrator will end up stuck in circuit three with no hope of return.
(b) The circuits have arranged themselves in a never-ending loop.
(c) The first two circuits are going to burn out.
(d) The program the Professor wrote will kill the second circuit.

10. What does the chubby girl say her grandfather claims will happen if the narrator doesn't get up at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) The world is going to be terminated.
(b) The world is going to be destroyed.
(c) The world is going to be obliterated.
(d) The world is going to end.

11. Who calls and wakes the narrator up while he is sleeping after finishing his shuffling?
(a) The girl in pink.
(b) The librarian.
(c) The Professor.
(d) Junior.

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

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

14. Where does the narrator put the skull he's received from the old man?
(a) On the sideboard.
(b) In the closet.
(c) Above the fireplace.
(d) On top of the TV.

15. What does the Gatekeeper use to pierce the narrator's eyes in Chapter 4?
(a) A laser.
(b) A blade.
(c) A flame.
(d) A pencil.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator count while in the elevator at the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. What does the Colonel say dying might be for the beasts?

4. What object does the Gatekeeper use to make his point to the narrator that the Wall is perfect in Chapter 10?

5. What was supposed to happen on the 2nd at noon?

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