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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 do the girl and the narrator find half-way up the tower?
(a) A stash of paperclips.
(b) A secret cave.
(c) A message from the Professor.
(d) A rope.

2. Why does the narrator say he has no intention of turning in his Calcutec qualifications in Chapter 11?
(a) He doesn't mind the bureaucracy.
(b) He can't imagine doing anything else.
(c) The pay is so good.
(d) He feels called to do his job.

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

4. Which landmark does the narrator describe in detail at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) The town square.
(b) The town park.
(c) The promenade.
(d) The clock tower.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What event makes the beasts all stop what they are doing and move simultaneously in one direction in Chapter 2?

2. What does the chubby girl say her grandfather can do for the narrator in regards to his wound?

3. What does the old man say the future will be in Chapter 5?

4. How does the Professor explain the fact that the narrator was the only test subject that didn't die.

5. What kind of watch is Junior wearing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Explain what "The End of the World" is according to the Professor's explanation in Chapter 25.

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

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

8. What does the narrator's conversation with the Librarian about where he came from tell the reader about the nature of the Town?

9. What do you know about the narrator's job based on your reading of Chapter 3?

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

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