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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the shadow guess is the reason the narrator doesn't want to leave?
(a) The Librarian.
(b) The beasts.
(c) The Gatekeeper.
(d) The Colonel.

2. What is the first thing the narrator mentions when telling his shadow about his doubts?
(a) He doesn't know if his former life is worth returning to.
(b) He likes watching the beasts.
(c) He's become attached to the Librarian.
(d) He likes it that the Townspeople have no worries.

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

4. What does the shadow call the process of removing the discharges of mind that rise each day?
(a) Filtering out.
(b) Shedding.
(c) Skimming off.
(d) Draining.

5. Who does the narrator call on the telephone at the beginning of Chapter 37?
(a) The Professor.
(b) The chubby girl.
(c) The System.
(d) His mother.

6. Why does the Caretaker collect the instruments?
(a) He needs a hobby to occupy his time.
(b) He finds them beautiful.
(c) He gets lonely and the sound comforts him.
(d) He feels that the previous owners would have wanted someone to look out for them.

7. What does the Caretaker provide as part of lunch?
(a) Berries.
(b) Nuts.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Beast meat.

8. 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 scout.
(b) A catalyst.
(c) A lightning rod.
(d) A scapegoat.

9. What does the narrator immediately notice when he returns to his apartment?
(a) The television is gone.
(b) The walls have been vandalized.
(c) The apartment is in worse shape than when he left.
(d) The apartment has been cleaned up.

10. Why don't the Librarian and the narrator talk on the way to the Power Station?
(a) They have run out of things to say to each other.
(b) There's no need to talk.
(c) The Librarian is still angry that they narrator decided to go against her will.
(d) They are worried someone will hear them.

11. What does the narrator tell the librarian about himself when she says she wants to know more about him?
(a) He likes the rainfall.
(b) He was a soldier.
(c) He was born by the sea.
(d) He likes to collect things.

12. What is the last thing the shadow tells the narrator?
(a) "I won't forget you."
(b) "I'll come back for you."
(c) "I'm disappointed in you."
(d) "I loved you."

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

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

15. Which of the following does the Colonel NOT give as a possible reason for his work as a soldier?
(a) Patriotism.
(b) Honor.
(c) Hatred.
(d) A sense of justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the shadow know the Town has an exit?

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

3. What happens to the skulls when the narrator begins to play the music?

4. What escape does the Professor offer for the dilemma the narrator is faced with?

5. Why do the people in the laundromat stare at the narrator when he begins drying the clothes?

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