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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 do Dr. and Mrs. Leete feel about Julian walking the city alone?
(a) Surprised.
(b) Afraid for his safety.
(c) Happy about his venturing out.
(d) Angry.

2. What is the date when the narrator wakes up?
(a) September, 1887.
(b) September, 2000.
(c) June, 1887.
(d) June, 2000.

3. What does the narrator say the city in general demonstrates?
(a) Material prosperity.
(b) Destruction of society.
(c) Decline.
(d) Peace.

4. Why do citizens work willingly?
(a) It is their only way to exist.
(b) The jobs are now enjoyable.
(c) They can take more vacation the more they work.
(d) They are being paid more.

5. Who provides the education and training for the transition to the new way of society and business?
(a) Large corporations.
(b) Government.
(c) Small corporations.
(d) University professors.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what assumption about Edith and Julian is present that Julian finds strange?

2. How long do citizens have to work in the society of Boston 2000?

3. How many distribution centers does each ward have?

4. What is the narrator's name?

5. Who is responsible for making sure labor supply equals demand?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the narrator found?

2. Why does Julian have to stop a number of times in the Boston of 1887 to pull himself together?

3. Why is the industrial army not allowed to vote for president?

4. How is corruption eliminated in the 2000 society?

5. Why are there no merchants in 2000?

6. Why is Julian nervous about going to sleep again?

7. Why does Julian feel so alone?

8. What will Julian's role be in this society?

9. What does Julian do when he does not find Edith in the house at the beginning of Chapter 24?

10. Why are inheritances more of a curse than a blessing in 2000?

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