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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. Igor tells the tour group that if anyone of what type gets hurt at the Zone, there will be no more tours?
(a) Children.
(b) Americans.
(c) Ukranians.
(d) Europeans.

2. Lister's goal for purchasing Alladale included reintroducing all but which of the following types of animals to the area?
(a) Lynx.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Bears.
(d) Wolves.

3. 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) Worms.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Trees.
(d) Birds.

4. What is the name of the artist who served as O'Connell's son's first example of an auteur?
(a) Dr. Seuss.
(b) Bob Fosse.
(c) Pablo Picasso.
(d) Paul Thomas Anderson.

5. What type of sunglasses does O'Connell associate with the doomsday prepping community?
(a) Mirrored.
(b) Aviator.
(c) Wraparound.
(d) Polarized.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Connell describes arriving at the conclusion that which island was a metaphor for all of earth in the modern age?

2. What is the first name of Vicino, the man O'Connell calls a real estate magnate for the end of days?

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

4. What is NOT a quality O'Connell attributes to the old man he saw dancing while stopped at a red light in Glendale?

5. The region referred to as the Zone was once home to how many thousands of Soviet citizens?

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