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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 beasts.
(b) The Gatekeeper.
(c) The Colonel.
(d) The Librarian.

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

3. What does the narrator compare his memory of visiting the Power Station to?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A joke.
(c) A fog.
(d) A dream.

4. What does the narrator's shadow say he can't do?
(a) He can't talk.
(b) He can't leave.
(c) He can't walk.
(d) He can't breathe.

5. Where does the narrator think it might not be bad to end his life?
(a) In London.
(b) In New York.
(c) In Frankfurt.
(d) In Zurich.

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

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

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

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

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

11. What happens to the narrator when he is finished playing the music?
(a) His heart starts to ache.
(b) His vision heals.
(c) He starts to cry.
(d) He realizes he has to leave the Town.

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

13. At the end of the book, why does the narrator say he has to stay?
(a) He has to save the Librarian.
(b) He has responsibilities.
(c) He has grown to love dreamreading.
(d) He is afraid of the exit.

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

15. What does the Colonel give the narrator to help in walking through the snow?
(a) Ski poles.
(b) A walking stick.
(c) Snowshoes.
(d) Snow boots.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the Professor say the provisions will keep him alive?

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

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

4. What odd gift does the narrator give the librarian at the restaurant in Chapter 35?

5. What does the Librarian say is the key to finding her mind?

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