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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The picture book discussed in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide" features which word to stand in for any material object?
(a) Rooneed.
(b) Thneed.
(c) Schneed.
(d) Parentis.

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

3. What type of media did Igor use to inform the tour group about the Chernobyl disaster?
(a) Radio.
(b) Video.
(c) Slideshow.
(d) Pamphlets.

4. Near the end of Chapter 7: "The Final Resting Place," O'Connell states that "meditation upon" what topic "became a mainstay of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century art and literature" (213)?
(a) Silence.
(b) Death.
(c) Impermanence.
(d) Isolation.

5. Igor told O'Connell that what act is illegal within the limits of the Zone?
(a) Remaining outside for longer than one hour at a time.
(b) Chewing gum.
(c) Walking the streets after dark.
(d) Eating.

6. At the time of O'Connell's visit to the Zone, how many years before had the Chernobyl disaster occurred?
(a) 31.
(b) 42.
(c) 22.
(d) 51.

7. For how many days did O'Connell and Dylan remain in the Zone during their trip?
(a) 9.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 14.

8. One-third of the people along on O'Connell's tour of the Zone hailed from which country?
(a) Poland.
(b) Sweden.
(c) The United States.
(d) France.

9. How many hours did the drive from Kiev to the Zone take?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 4.

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

11. What does O'Connell name as the size of the location called Alladale discussed in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide"?
(a) 20 acres.
(b) 3,000 square feet.
(c) 30,000 cubits.
(d) 23,000 acres.

12. O'Connell classifies the Zone's most recognizable landmark as a "symbol of a decayed" (193) what?
(a) Past.
(b) Utopia.
(c) Future.
(d) Civilization.

13. What is the title of the "movement of artists and writers and activists united by the conviction that climate catastrophe was not just real and imminent but also in fact inevitable" (141)?
(a) The Dark Mountain Project.
(b) The Dark Forest Project.
(c) The Dark Bay Project.
(d) The Dark River Project.

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

15. In what month of the year was the amusement park scheduled to open, according to O'Connell?
(a) May.
(b) November.
(c) August.
(d) January.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Connell spent a week at Alladale in the spring of which year?

2. Lister's goal for purchasing Alladale included reintroducing all but which of the following types of animals to the area?

3. By what name was the now-defunct amusement park in the Zone known?

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

5. In what part of the world is the location called Alladale, according to O'Connell?

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