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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What object does the Gatekeeper use to make his point to the narrator that the Wall is perfect in Chapter 10?
(a) An axe.
(b) A sliver of wood.
(c) A shovel.
(d) A nail.

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

4. What happens to the dead beasts?
(a) They are left outside the Wall.
(b) They are burned.
(c) They disappear.
(d) They are thrown into the Pool.

5. What does the narrator notice about the woman that he follows down the corridor?
(a) She doesn't smell good.
(b) She is chubby.
(c) She talks a lot.
(d) She is loud.

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

7. 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 approach of dinnertime.
(d) The opening of the Gate.

8. What color is the smoke that can be seen every day in the Town?
(a) Gray.
(b) Brown.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

9. Why does the narrator say he has no intention of turning in his Calcutec qualifications in Chapter 11?
(a) He doesn't mind the bureaucracy.
(b) The pay is so good.
(c) He can't imagine doing anything else.
(d) He feels called to do his job.

10. What does the narrator say may be the signal to put physical pain out of mind?
(a) Pretty girls.
(b) Cowboys.
(c) Memories.
(d) Ben Johnson.

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

12. The skull from which the narrator is supposed to read the first dream in Chapter 6 is from what animal?
(a) A bear.
(b) A horse.
(c) A unicorn.
(d) An INKling.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the librarian say the unicorn skull was lost while recounting the story of Professor Petrov in Chapter 9?

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

3. What did the narrator loose upon arriving in the Town?

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

5. What does the narrator tell the librarian to comfort her at the end of Chapter 18?

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