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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT designated as one of the representative circles discussed in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide"?
(a) Spouse.
(b) Friends and family.
(c) Self.
(d) Larger world.

2. When O'Connell and Dylan took a trip to the Zone, how many permanent residents lived in the Zone?
(a) 55.
(b) 4.
(c) 140.
(d) 890.

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

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

5. Which friend of O'Connell's was the one who discussed a particular graph measuring consumption?
(a) John.
(b) Thich.
(c) Andres.
(d) Caroline.

6. From which country did the monk and activist Thich Nhat Hanh originally hail?
(a) France.
(b) Malaysia.
(c) The Philippines.
(d) Vietnam.

7. How many thousands of visitors did the Zone attract during the year 2016?
(a) 4.
(b) 36.
(c) 12.
(d) 90.

8. Caroline lives on a house boat along which river, according to O'Connell?
(a) The Rhine.
(b) The Mississippi.
(c) The Thames.
(d) The Snake.

9. Caroline told O'Connell that in the end, the element that allows survival "is and always will be" (159) what?
(a) Desire.
(b) Health.
(c) Community.
(d) Tenacity.

10. Which of the following terms does O'Connell apply to himself?
(a) Humanist.
(b) Communist.
(c) Philosopher.
(d) Socialist.

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

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

13. What major life event was Dylan going through at the time of the trip to the Zone?
(a) Illness.
(b) Career change.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Courtship.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first name of the man called Lister, who owned the location called Alladale?

2. Igor told O'Connell that he and his wife had how many children together?

3. What is the last name of the woman named Caroline with whom O'Connell makes friends at the retreat?

4. What type of media did Igor use to inform the tour group about the Chernobyl disaster?

5. What does O'Connell name as the size of the location called Alladale discussed in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide"?

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