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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second book the narrator reads towards the end of Chapter 15?
(a) Spartacus.
(b) Rudin.
(c) Spring Torrents.
(d) The Red and the Black.

2. Where does the narrator fall asleep at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) At the Gate.
(b) In the Library.
(c) In the Woods.
(d) Near the Pool.

3. In what way does the Professor say the mind is like Alice in Wonderland?
(a) You need a special drug to get you in.
(b) You never know who you're going to meet.
(c) You can only get in by going through a narrow hole.
(d) Everything is topsy-turvy.

4. What does the narrator first encounter on his map-making investigations?
(a) An abandoned mill.
(b) A crack in the wall.
(c) The Western Woods.
(d) Old army barracks.

5. What does the Colonel give the narrator to help nurse him back to health?
(a) A bandage.
(b) A blanket.
(c) Tea.
(d) Soup.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator believe after he's slammed into the rock slab at the beginning of Chapter 23?

2. What did the narrator loose upon arriving in the Town?

3. What does the Gatekeeper use to pierce the narrator's eyes in Chapter 4?

4. What does the librarian try to get the narrator to hear while they are lying in bed?

5. What does the narrator tell the librarian to comfort her at the end of Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Colonel tell the narrator about the Woods and the Woodspeople in Chapter 14?

2. What is the source of the noise that dominates the first half of Chapter 23?

3. Describe the Colonel and his relationship to the narrator.

4. What does the Gatekeeper have to say about the fact that the narrator got lost in the Woods and fell ill?

5. What does the Librarian say she particularly remembers about her mother in Chapter 22? How does the narrator explain this memory?

6. Why does the chubby girl think her grandfather's lab hasn't been broken into in Chapter 21?

7. What does the narrator realize in Chapter 17 about Junior's reference to a "time bomb"?

8. Describe the Collection Room.

9. Briefly describe the memory the narrator has while climbing the underground tower with the chubby girl.

10. Explain the significance of the paperclips in Chapter 21.

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