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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does the narrator say it will take him to read out the Librarian's mind?
(a) All night.
(b) All year.
(c) All winter.
(d) All week.

2. Why doesn't the Librarian want the narrator to go to the Power Station?
(a) She's never been there before.
(b) It's in the Woods.
(c) She's heard the Caretaker is dangerous.
(d) She's heard the Power Station is dangerous.

3. Where does the chubby girl say she wants to go with the narrator when the reach the subway at the end of Chapter 29?
(a) To his place.
(b) To Disneyland.
(c) To Finland.
(d) To a ball game.

4. Why does the narrator rent the car?
(a) He doesn't want to drive his own car.
(b) He doesn't want to show up with the sports bag in hand.
(c) He doesn't want to go back into the subway.
(d) He wants to impress his date.

5. Where is the shadow when the narrator comes to visit him at the beginning of Chapter 32?
(a) In the cellar.
(b) In the Watchtower.
(c) In the lean-to.
(d) Under the tree.

6. What does the narrator say was his "training" for tuning in on a better life?
(a) Watching Casablanca.
(b) Divorcing his wife.
(c) Learning to sail.
(d) Reading The Greening of America.

7. Why does the shadow say the narrator can't take the Librarian to the Woods?
(a) The Gatekeeper would never allow it.
(b) She is afraid of the Woods.
(c) She has no mind.
(d) She is conflicted.

8. Which song does the narrator sing along to at the librarian's house?
(a) I'll Be Home.
(b) Danny Boy.
(c) Autumn Leaves.
(d) Georgia on My Mind.

9. How many people are at the laundromat when the narrator arrives?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

10. What does the subway attendant claim is a waste of money while discussing the lost tickets with the narrator?
(a) Baseball games.
(b) McDonald's coffee.
(c) Subway fares.
(d) Starbuck's coffee.

11. What does the Librarian compare looking for her mind to?
(a) Looking for lost drops of rain in a river.
(b) Looking for lost birds in the skies.
(c) Looking for lost needles in a haystack.
(d) Looking for lost leaves on the ground.

12. What kind of power is the Town apparently running on?
(a) Atomic energy.
(b) Wind energy.
(c) Coal.
(d) Water energy.

13. What does the shadow call the role of the Dreamreader in his discussion of the loss of mind at the end of Chapter 32?
(a) A scapegoat.
(b) A lightning rod.
(c) A catalyst.
(d) A scout.

14. What does the narrator want to do in light of the situation?
(a) Go above ground.
(b) Marry the girl.
(c) Call his mother.
(d) Drink more whisky.

15. What escape does the Professor offer for the dilemma the narrator is faced with?
(a) If he can unshuffle the data, the program will end automatically.
(b) If the System finds out about the research, they will abort the program.
(c) If he dies now, all three of his circuits will die with him.
(d) If the Factory gets the data, the program will end automatically.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does the narrator begin to whistle in the sewer side vent?

2. What does the narrator compare his memory of visiting the Power Station to?

3. Who does the narrator tell his shadow the Wall is really there to hold in?

4. Why does the librarian wake the narrator up in the middle of the night at the beginning of Chapter 37?

5. What does the Colonel give the narrator to help in walking through the snow?

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