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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: The Final Resting Place of the Future.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6: "Under the Hide," O'Connell discusses at length a character called the Lorax, who states that he "speak[s] for the" (132) what?
(a) Trees.
(b) Birds.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Worms.

2. What type of landmark is Mount Eden, the location to which Anthony took O'Connell immediately upon picking him up at the airport?
(a) A toxic waste site.
(b) A nature reserve.
(c) A historic landmark.
(d) A volcano.

3. O'Connell spent a week at Alladale in the spring of which year?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1989.
(c) 2017.
(d) 2011.

4. O'Connell describes the sight of the decrepit amusement park as "one of" what "in wretched decay" (195)?
(a) Piety.
(b) Modernity.
(c) Hedonism.
(d) Youth.

5. What action does O'Connell name as the one that launched him "on a course of alternate hopefulness and despair" (167)?
(a) Finishing his degree.
(b) Buying a home.
(c) Having a child.
(d) Fostering a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time of O'Connell's visit to the Zone, how many years before had the Chernobyl disaster occurred?

2. Which element of the amusement park located in the Zone is said to harbor moss that is "among the most toxic substances" (193) on the park grounds?

3. What is the last name of O'Connell's friend Anthony?

4. How many days in total did O'Connell spend in Auckland, New Zealand?

5. The Ghost Dance described in Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" was intended to consume which group of people?

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