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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does O'Connell describe Caroline's position?
(a) Academic.
(b) Professor.
(c) Singer.
(d) Artist.

3. What kind of feeling did O'Connell's friend report experiencing while looking at a graph about consumption?
(a) Sinking.
(b) Flying.
(c) Swooning.
(d) Plunging.

4. 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.

5. Who developed a theory concerning three different circles?
(a) Plato.
(b) Thich Nhat Hanh.
(c) Pythagoreas.
(d) Albert Einstein.

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

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

8. The movement of artists O'Connell discusses believes that what item assuming continual progress of humankind over time "has been fatally undermined in our time" (143)?
(a) A graph.
(b) An axis.
(c) A set of scales.
(d) A chart.

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

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

11. O'Connell states that the most striking photographs he took during his visit to the Zone featured what type of store?
(a) Electronics.
(b) Shoe.
(c) Pet.
(d) Book.

12. O'Connell states that the only freedom one has in an airport is the freedom to take which action?
(a) Make purchases.
(b) Wait.
(c) Eat food.
(d) Use the restroom.

13. The region referred to as the Zone was once home to how many thousands of Soviet citizens?
(a) 80.
(b) 120.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

14. How old was O'Connell's son when he was first introduced to the concept of the artist's vision?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

15. O'Connell went on a trip to the Zone with a man named Dylan, who was related to O'Connell in what way?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Friend.
(c) Brother.
(d) Cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Connell realized during the tour that both he and what other person were looking to exploit the Chernobyl site?

2. Igor tells the tour group that if anyone of what type gets hurt at the Zone, there will be no more tours?

3. Which term, meaning self-settlers, do Ukranians use to designate the remaining permanent residents of the Zone?

4. 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)?

5. At the time of the trip, Dylan had relocated to which city several years before?

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