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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What's the weather like when the Librarian and the narrator set out for the Power Station?
(a) Warm.
(b) Cold.
(c) Windy.
(d) Snowy.

2. What does the Librarian say is the key to finding her mind?
(a) The Gatekeeper.
(b) The skulls.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The accordion.

3. Where does the shadow tell the narrator they're going?
(a) To the Woods.
(b) To the barracks.
(c) To the Pool.
(d) To the Watchtower.

4. What compliment does the narrator make the librarian?
(a) She has a great butt.
(b) She has lovely hair.
(c) She's a great kisser.
(d) She has great legs.

5. Why do the people in the laundromat stare at the narrator when he begins drying the clothes?
(a) The clothes are all pink.
(b) It's strange that the narrator is simply staring at the dryer.
(c) The narrator clearly doesn't know how to use a dryer.
(d) The clothes still stink from the underground.

6. What effect does the whiskey have on the narrator in Chapter 27?
(a) It makes him woozy.
(b) It doesn't register.
(c) It makes him cry.
(d) It makes him laugh.

7. What odd gift does the narrator give the librarian at the restaurant in Chapter 35?
(a) A pair of nail clippers.
(b) A white lace collar.
(c) A hammer.
(d) An eggbeater.

8. What does the narrator say the Librarian can never do since she has no mind?
(a) She can never remember him.
(b) She can never love him.
(c) She can never need him.
(d) She can never miss him.

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

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

11. How long does the Professor say the provisions will keep him alive?
(a) Seven or eight days.
(b) Three or four days.
(c) One or two weeks.
(d) One or two days.

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

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

14. What is it that causes the narrator to check each joint and muscle of his body when he wakes at the beginning of Chapter 30?
(a) He hears a strange noise in his head.
(b) He wonders if he is still alive.
(c) He has a terrible headache.
(d) He feels stiff and motionless.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which instrument does the narrator eventually take with him?

2. What does the subway attendant claim is a waste of money while discussing the lost tickets with the narrator?

3. What book does the narrator quote when the librarian asks how he sees himself?

4. What does the narrator compare his world to while climbing through the escape route in Chapter 29?

5. Why does the Gatekeeper leave the narrator alone with his shadow?

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