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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator want to do when he arrives at the Library in Chapter 34?
(a) He wants to begin dream reading right away.
(b) He wants to have dinner.
(c) He wants to go for a walk.
(d) He wants to talk to the Librarian.

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

3. What does the narrator think people want to extend to everything?
(a) Serenity.
(b) Fairness.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Happiness.

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

5. 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?
(a) That the System isn't as good as he thought.
(b) That she thinks he's a nice guy.
(c) That what her grandfather did was wrong.
(d) That she is a strong swimmer.

6. What does the Librarian compare the warmth of the narrator's hand to?
(a) The sun.
(b) The Summer.
(c) The Spring.
(d) A fire.

7. Why does the Librarian say the Dreamreader can't free her mind?
(a) Minds are not taken in whole by the beasts, but in fragments.
(b) Minds can never be freed again.
(c) It is too dangerous an undertaking.
(d) Her mind was lost too long ago.

8. What happens to the narrator as he passes by the INKlings' lair?
(a) He gets sucked in.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) He stops moving and has a hard time starting again.
(d) He gets liquefied.

9. What does the narrator do to kill time while waiting for his date with the librarian?
(a) Go jogging.
(b) Play a video game.
(c) Read the newspaper.
(d) Sit in a café.

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

11. Which song does the narrator finally begin to play on the accordion?
(a) Blowin' in the Wind.
(b) The Star Spangled Banner.
(c) Georgia on My Mind.
(d) Danny Boy.

12. How does the narrator finally realize that his musical instrument is an accordion?
(a) The Colonel unwillingly tells him.
(b) He remembers his mother saying so.
(c) He hears a voice tell him the name.
(d) He wipes the dust off the lettering on the instrument.

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

14. What does the Caretaker of the Power Station make for his guests in Chapter 28?
(a) Cake.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Soup.
(d) Tea.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Librarian compare looking for her mind to?

2. Where does the chubby girl say she wants to go with the narrator when the reach the subway at the end of Chapter 29?

3. What does the Librarian compare the sounds of the accordion to at the beginning of Chapter 36?

4. Where is the shadow when the narrator comes to visit him at the beginning of Chapter 32?

5. Why don't the Librarian and the narrator talk on the way to the Power Station?

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