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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. How does the Librarian feel about the Pool?
(a) It reminds her of painful memories.
(b) It reminds her of better days.
(c) She enjoys its calmness.
(d) She is afraid of it.

2. What time of year does the narrator say it is at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

3. What do Junior and Big Boy drink while visiting the narrator?
(a) Coke.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Vodka.

4. What does the chubby girl say she can hear from the INKlings?
(a) Their jaws snapping.
(b) Their lips smacking.
(c) Their tails wagging.
(d) Their fins flapping.

5. What does the old man say the future will be in Chapter 5?
(a) Sound-free.
(b) INKling-free.
(c) Color-free.
(d) Semiotec-free.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator find the Pool?

2. What does the narrator say may be the signal to put physical pain out of mind?

3. What group does the narrator belong to in Chapter 3?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Which unusual things have you noticed about the Town as described in Chapter 4?

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

8. Explain why the Colonel brings up the Librarian in Chapter 16 and what he tells the narrator in regards to her?

9. Describe the Collection Room.

10. Describe the process for reading dreams.

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