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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the librarian say the unicorn skull was lost while recounting the story of Professor Petrov in Chapter 9?
(a) In Leningrad.
(b) In the Ukraine.
(c) In Moscow.
(d) In Stalingrad.

3. What does the narrator's shadow come to the storeroom to get as an excuse to see the narrator in Chapter 10?
(a) A saw.
(b) A wrench.
(c) A hammer.
(d) Nails.

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

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

6. What does the narrator count while in the elevator at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) The buttons on the elevator control panel.
(b) The coins in his pocket.
(c) The holes in the ceiling.
(d) The notes in the song he's whistling.

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

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

9. 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 bracelets.
(b) Her shoes.
(c) Her earrings.
(d) Her shirt.

10. The narrator begins Chapter 5 with a lengthy discussion about the quality of which object?
(a) A sandwich.
(b) A sofa.
(c) A skull.
(d) A knife.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator make of the librarian's appetite at the beginning of Chapter 9?

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

4. Where do the narrator and the Librarian look for a musical instrument?

5. What does the narrator first encounter on his map-making investigations?

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