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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Colonel say the narrator's love for the Librarian may not be prudent?
(a) She does not care about him; she only helps him because she has to.
(b) Without mind, she cannot return his feelings.
(c) She is married.
(d) She is too young.

2. What does the Colonel say will become of the narrator's feelings for his shadow in Chapter 8?
(a) He will realize that it's for the best.
(b) He will forget.
(c) He will become more and more angry.
(d) He will understand soon.

3. What does the narrator notice about the girl in the car in front of them while on their way back to the Professor's lab?
(a) Her earrings.
(b) Her bracelets.
(c) Her shirt.
(d) Her shoes.

4. What does the Colonel say dying might be for the beasts?
(a) A relief.
(b) A traumatic experience.
(c) Their salvation.
(d) A painful occurrence.

5. What does the narrator believe after he's slammed into the rock slab at the beginning of Chapter 23?
(a) He has a concussion.
(b) The girl misled him on purpose.
(c) He will never get out of the underground.
(d) He is dead.

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

7. What does the narrator wish he could be, in thinking about the girl in the Skyline?
(a) Normal.
(b) Young.
(c) Carefree.
(d) Oblivious.

8. Where does the woman tell the narrator that he'll find her grandfather's lab?
(a) Over the rainbow.
(b) In the tree.
(c) Under the river.
(d) Beyond the waterfall.

9. What does the narrator suggest be built for the beasts?
(a) A larger feeding trough.
(b) An outlet to the River.
(c) A barn.
(d) A roofed enclosure.

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

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

12. How does the narrator get home from the old man's office at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) On foot.
(b) In a taxi.
(c) On the subway.
(d) On a bus.

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

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

15. Why does the narrator think about the job he's doing as a dream reader?
(a) He thinks it's too important a job to be left to him.
(b) He thinks he's too good for the job.
(c) He thinks it's foolish.
(d) He feels inadequate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator find himself longing for underground?

3. What does the chubby girl say her grandfather can do for the narrator in regards to his wound?

4. What do Junior and Big Boy drink while visiting the narrator?

5. Where does the narrator put the skull he's received from the old man?

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