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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 color is the smoke that can be seen every day in the Town?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Gray.
(c) White.
(d) Brown.

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

3. What does the narrator believe after he's slammed into the rock slab at the beginning of Chapter 23?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He has a concussion.
(c) The girl misled him on purpose.
(d) He will never get out of the underground.

4. The narrator begins Chapter 5 with a lengthy discussion about the quality of which object?
(a) A sandwich.
(b) A knife.
(c) A sofa.
(d) A skull.

5. What does the Colonel say dying might be for the beasts?
(a) A painful occurrence.
(b) Their salvation.
(c) A relief.
(d) A traumatic experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Junior and Big Boy drink while visiting the narrator?

2. Why does the chubby girl say she wears pink?

3. What does the Gatekeeper tell the narrator about the Power Station?

4. What does the Professor say he did to the core consciousness of his test subjects?

5. What time of year does the narrator say it is at the beginning of Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe where the narrator's shadow lives.

2. What does Junior tell the narrator to tell the System about their visit and the wound? Why?

3. What do you know about the Wall surrounding the Town based on your readings in Chapter 10?

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

5. What information does the chubby girl in pink get from reading her grandfather's notebook in Chapter 19?

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

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

8. Describe the differences between Western and Eastern unicorns as presented in Chapter 9.

9. Give a brief description of the beasts introduced in Chapter 2.

10. What do you know about the Pool based on your readings in Chapter 12?

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