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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 does the narrator tell the Gatekeeper about his shadow at the end of Chapter 24?
(a) He is worried about his shadow.
(b) He doesn't know if it was good to visit his shadow.
(c) His shadow seems weak.
(d) He has decided to give up on his shadow.

2. What does the narrator say he uses his car for in Chapter 7?
(a) Long drives.
(b) Dates.
(c) Short outings.
(d) Shopping.

3. What does the narrator wish he could be, in thinking about the girl in the Skyline?
(a) Normal.
(b) Oblivious.
(c) Carefree.
(d) Young.

4. Why does the shadow say he needed the map sooner?
(a) He is losing his desire to escape.
(b) He can't get over the Wall during the winter.
(c) The Gatekeeper has become suspicious of him.
(d) He will be too weak to carry out his plan for escape.

5. What does the narrator tell the librarian to comfort her at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Nothing is her fault.
(b) She is the best friend he's got.
(c) Her mother must have missed her.
(d) She is not alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator's shadow sleep?

2. What does the narrator count while in the elevator at the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. What is it about the poster of Frankfurt at the supermarket that makes the narrator uneasy?

4. What does the Colonel say dying might be for the beasts?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the relationship between the narrator and the young woman develops in Chapter 5.

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

3. What does the Colonel tell the narrator about the beasts' death in Chapter 20?

4. Describe where the narrator's shadow lives.

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

6. Describe the Collection Room.

7. How does the narrator imagine his retirement in Chapter 13?

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

9. Explain the narrator's reaction to the skull the Professor gives him as a gift.

10. Describe the procedure the narrator goes through to prepare for shuffling.

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