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

2. What did the Professor take with him when he left the System?
(a) All of the research samples.
(b) The narrator's personal file.
(c) All of the mammalian skulls.
(d) The process for shuffling.

3. Is the narrator going up or down in the elevator at the beginning of the story?
(a) He isn't moving.
(b) He isn't sure.
(c) He is going up.
(d) He is going down.

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

5. Which variety of unicorn does the librarian say is the more tranquil variety?
(a) The Indian variety.
(b) The Chinese variety.
(c) The Greek variety.
(d) The Russian variety.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the smoke that can be seen every day in the Town?

2. What happens to the dead beasts?

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

4. What is the first thing the Professor asks for on seeing his granddaughter and the narrator at the beginning of Chapter 25?

5. Why does the narrator say he has no intention of turning in his Calcutec qualifications in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the process for reading dreams.

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

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

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