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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following do the narrator and the librarian NOT have as dessert at the restaurant?
(a) Tiramisu.
(b) Grape ice.
(c) Espresso.
(d) Lemon soufflé.

3. What does the narrator do with the skull at the end of Chapter 37?
(a) He gives it to the librarian as a gift.
(b) He sends it to the chubby girl.
(c) He leaves it at the subway station.
(d) He disposes of it.

4. What does the narrator realize he'll continue to produce at the beginning of Chapter 27?
(a) Memories.
(b) New circuits.
(c) New realities.
(d) Escape routes.

5. What does the shadow say the Town's "exit" is guarded by?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Mind.
(c) Fear.
(d) Watchmen.

6. What does the Librarian compare the sounds of the accordion to at the beginning of Chapter 36?
(a) The rain.
(b) The wind.
(c) The leaves.
(d) The flowers.

7. What bodily function does the narrator find himself pondering in the escape route from the underground?
(a) Urination.
(b) Flatulence.
(c) Erections.
(d) Spit.

8. What book does the narrator quote when the librarian asks how he sees himself?
(a) War and Peace.
(b) Crime and Punishment.
(c) The Brothers Karamazov.
(d) Anna Karenina.

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

10. What does the narrator ask the Librarian to do for him when he is finished reading skulls?
(a) Make him breakfast.
(b) Bring him home.
(c) Make him some coffee.
(d) Wake him up.

11. Where does the chubby girl say her grandfather has gone?
(a) On vacation.
(b) To the INKlings' lair.
(c) To System Headquarters.
(d) To Finland.

12. What song does the narrator begin to whistle in the sewer side vent?
(a) Blowin' in the Wind.
(b) Purple Rain.
(c) All Along the Watchtower.
(d) I Go to Pieces.

13. Why does the librarian wake the narrator up in the middle of the night at the beginning of Chapter 37?
(a) She is afraid the world is going to end.
(b) The unicorn skull is glowing.
(c) Junior has broken in.
(d) She is hungry.

14. What does the librarian notice about the narrator's statements during dinner?
(a) They're often arrogant.
(b) They're often unimaginative.
(c) They're often edgy.
(d) They're often uncertain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator tell the librarian about himself when she says she wants to know more about him?

2. What does the shadow guess is the reason the narrator doesn't want to leave?

3. What one thing does the chubby girl say to the narrator that eases his mind as they are swimming to the exit of the underground?

4. What does the Caretaker provide as part of lunch?

5. What does the narrator say was his "training" for tuning in on a better life?

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