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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Morel say he doesn't want to discover his plans?
(a) The women.
(b) The men.
(c) The Prime Minister.
(d) The narrator.

2. What does the man hear humming when he goes back upstairs?
(a) The lamps.
(b) The choir.
(c) The generator.
(d) The motor.

3. Why does Morel choose Villings Island for his experiments?
(a) Because it is uninhabited.
(b) Because he can trap people there.
(c) For the tides and light.
(d) For the fresh air.

4. What announces the beginning of dinner?
(a) A scream.
(b) A smashed glass.
(c) A gong.
(d) A trumpet.

5. How does the narrator recognize the poisonous plants?
(a) Froma book he finds in the museum.
(b) From the color of the berries.
(c) From the number of corpses that surround the bush.
(d) Through pain he has suffered form eating them.

6. What concept does the narrator say he finds delightful?
(a) The fact he could be a genius.
(b) The fact he may be dead.
(c) The fact Faustine is in love with him.
(d) The fact he could have found his soulmate.

7. What happens to the first flowers the narrator picks?
(a) They wilt.
(b) They change color.
(c) They vanish.
(d) They fly away.

8. Whose photograph does Morel say he can show them?
(a) Peter's.
(b) Charlie's.
(c) David's.
(d) John's.

9. What is the woman's name?
(a) Esther.
(b) Janet.
(c) Faustine.
(d) Daisy.

10. What does the narrator steal from Morel?
(a) His machine.
(b) His bible.
(c) His notes.
(d) His book.

11. What does the narrator bring to give to the woman on the beach?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Berries.
(c) Chocolates.
(d) Wine.

12. What did Morel think the reef would ward off?
(a) Spies.
(b) Whales.
(c) Visitors.
(d) Sharks.

13. What does the narrator say he wants to do to the woman when she angers him?
(a) Run away with her.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Blind her.
(d) Torture her.

14. Who does the narrator think are the caretakers of the insane asylum?
(a) The invaders.
(b) The servants.
(c) The dogs.
(d) The bugs.

15. Why can't the narrator initially escape from the museum?
(a) There are dogs guarding the doors.
(b) Someone has tied him to his bed.
(c) He can't open the latches on the doors.
(d) He has been drugged.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Morel excuse one individual from attending the meeting?

2. What does the large hall look like it has been set up to host?

3. On what part of the island is the narrator's boat?

4. With whom does the narrator think the invaders are working?

5. What is the name of the man who joins the woman on the beach?

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