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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: The Redness of the Map.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what name was the now-defunct amusement park in the Zone known?
(a) Larch.
(b) Nitschel.
(c) Pripyat.
(d) Playa.

2. What kind of artist was the man who served as O'Connell's son's first example of an auteur?
(a) A writer.
(b) A choreographer.
(c) A film director.
(d) A painter.

3. What is the first name of the man called Lister, who owned the location called Alladale?
(a) Jeff.
(b) James.
(c) Paul.
(d) Cillian.

4. O'Connell links the boy and the old man described in Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" and imagines that there is "some vast collective of lone" what kind of "dancers" (131)?
(a) Ecstatic.
(b) Esoteric.
(c) Metaphysical.
(d) Erroneous.

5. What kind of "revelation" (162) does O'Connell call the epiphany he had in the airport?
(a) Human.
(b) Sushi.
(c) Banana.
(d) Concise.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was O'Connell's son at the time of the events described in Chapter 1: Tribulations?

2. O'Connell states that the Chernobyl site is now effectively the largest what in all of Europe?

3. Who regretted that O'Connell's son knew what kind of institution lay down the street from the family home?

4. For how many years had Igor worked as a tour guide in the Zone by the time of O'Connell's arrival?

5. Caroline described a wooden box in which she kept how many seeds from a particular tree?

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