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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 object is draped across the chair in the room?
(a) Tie.
(b) Socks.
(c) Cloak.
(d) Pantyhose.

2. How old is this character?
(a) 42.
(b) 51.
(c) 37.
(d) 29.

3. What is the most important item in the chamber?
(a) Ice bucket.
(b) Hangers.
(c) TV.
(d) Coffee maker.

4. The columns typically found next to what object?
(a) Highway.
(b) Political shrine.
(c) Desert.
(d) Waterfront.

5. The characters have an acronym for ICE. What does it stand for according to the text?
(a) Internal Component Enclosure.
(b) Inner Chamber Escalator.
(c) Insidious Carcass Entrapment.
(d) Inside Cooking Elevator.

Short Answer Questions

1. A series of important writings is attributed to whom?

2. When was that object usually placed at a scene?

3. In what month did the great catastrophe occur?

4. Apparently the citizens most obsessed with religion were:

5. What is the name of the strange place inhabited by the people before the catastrophe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the Sacred Headband. What is the inscription on it?

2. Explain Carson's nightmare experienced shortly after the start of the excavation.

3. How long was it between the discovery and the beginning of the excavation? Was it successful?

4. What were the "columns" discussed by scientists? What were they really? Where would they normally be found?

5. What are Carson's names for items #8, 9, & 10?

6. When did the great catastrophe occur? What caused it?

7. When was there an interest rekindled in North America? Why?

8. Carson referred to these locations in the story but what were they really?

9. How is Howard Carson's life described before the discovery of the Motel of the Mysteries?

10. Name two pieces of jewelry worn by Harriet. What were their real uses?

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