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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the chubby girl say she can hear from the INKlings?
(a) Their jaws snapping.
(b) Their tails wagging.
(c) Their lips smacking.
(d) Their fins flapping.

3. What does the Professor say he did to the core consciousness of his test subjects?
(a) He deleted them.
(b) He made them into visualized stories.
(c) He shuffled them.
(d) He exchanged them with new information.

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

5. How does the Professor explain the fact that the narrator was the only test subject that didn't die.
(a) He was the only one who dealt with his elephant factory consciously.
(b) He seemed to be dividing his time between two identities in the first place.
(c) He was the only one whose emotional powers were strong enough.
(d) He was the only Calcutec independent enough from the System.

6. What does the Gatekeeper say about the stash of old clothes?
(a) The old clothes are being saved for a special occasion.
(b) The clothes are off-limits.
(c) The narrator can have whatever he wants.
(d) The previous owners wouldn't want anyone using the old clothes.

7. How does the narrator pass the sunny days?
(a) Face down in bed.
(b) Reading in the Library.
(c) Playing chess with the Colonel.
(d) Talking walks in the Woods.

8. What does the narrator find himself longing for underground?
(a) A cup of coffee.
(b) Sunlight.
(c) The morning newspaper.
(d) A girlfriend.

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

10. What does the narrator use to call up the End of the World?
(a) A program-reversal pattern.
(b) A sound-cue pattern.
(c) A spoken-word pattern.
(d) An eye-shifting pattern.

11. 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 shirt.
(c) Her shoes.
(d) Her bracelets.

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

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

14. Why does the narrator say he drinks so much?
(a) It helps him concentrate.
(b) It makes him less restless.
(c) The world was supposed to end.
(d) It makes him feel brave.

15. What does the narrator first encounter on his map-making investigations?
(a) An abandoned mill.
(b) Old army barracks.
(c) The Western Woods.
(d) A crack in the wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator's shadow sleep?

2. What topic of conversation makes the narrator uncomfortable in Chapter 5?

3. What does the Colonel give the narrator as winter approaches in Chapter 14?

4. What does the narrator notice about the woman that he follows down the corridor?

5. What does the librarian ask for in return for a favor at the library in Chapter 7?

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