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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of landmark is the site described as "the most recognizable landmark" (193) within the Zone?
(a) A church.
(b) A prison.
(c) A rail station.
(d) A ferris wheel.

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

4. What was the eventual fate of the amusement park discussed in Chapter 7: "The Final Resting Place"?
(a) It never opened.
(b) It was open for a week and then closed forever.
(c) It was open for three years and then closed forever.
(d) It was open for a month and then closed forever.

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

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

7. Toward the end of the retreat described in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide" each participant spends how many consecutive hours alone in the forest?
(a) 12.
(b) 100.
(c) 24.
(d) 36.

8. Gorbachev believed that the Chernobyl disaster would create how many years of aftereffects?
(a) 600.
(b) 800.
(c) 400.
(d) 200.

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

10. In what year was the amusement park featured in Chapter 7: "The Final Resting Place" scheduled to open?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1999.

11. O'Connell discusses going to what type of location called Alladale?
(a) A fish ladder.
(b) A reservoir.
(c) A wilderness reserve.
(d) A planetarium.

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

13. 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) Impermanence.
(b) Death.
(c) Isolation.
(d) Silence.

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

15. In what type of vehicle were the participants in the tour of the Zone picked up by Igor?
(a) A pickup truck.
(b) A minibus.
(c) A flatbed truck.
(d) A school bus.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Chapter 7: The Final Resting Place of the Future discusses a place called the Zone in which country?

4. O'Connell classifies the Zone's most recognizable landmark as a "symbol of a decayed" (193) what?

5. From what type of tree were the seeds discussed by Caroline in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide"?

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