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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Piranesi keep eating in the end of Part IV, even though he is distraught and does not feel like eating?
(a) He wants to keep his strength up.
(b) He wants to gain weight.
(c) He wants to make sure he will be able to swim during the flood.
(d) He wants to be able to outrun the Other.

2. What event does Piranesi realize is going to occur in just a few days' time in Part IV?
(a) A great fire.
(b) A solar eclipse.
(c) A lunar eclipse.
(d) A great flood.

3. What does Piranesi finally understand about the Other's ability to resist the degenerative effects of the House?
(a) He does not live in the House.
(b) He has rituals to protect him.
(c) He has a friend who protects him.
(d) He has medication to help him.

4. Who does Piranesi realize gave him the name Piranesi in Part IV?
(a) His mother.
(b) Arne-Sayles.
(c) 16.
(d) The Other.

5. Why was 16's voice not at all what Piranesi was expecting?
(a) He realizes 16 is a woman.
(b) The voice is very, very deep.
(c) The voice is very familiar to him.
(d) He realizes 16 is speaking in a language other than his own.

6. Who discovered that Arne-Sayles was keeping a prisoner in his house?
(a) Arne-Sayles's students.
(b) Arne-Sayles's housekeeper.
(c) Arne-Sayles's brother.
(d) Piranesi.

7. Who else does Piranesi want to warn of the momentous event about to happen in Part IV?
(a) Sylvia D'Agostino.
(b) Arne-Sayles.
(c) The Biscuit Box Man.
(d) 16.

8. Who does Piranesi think the surprising smell in Part III belongs to?
(a) Laurence Arne-Sayles.
(b) 16.
(c) The Biscuit-Box man.
(d) The Other.

9. How many years did Arne-Sayles spend in prison?
(a) 4 1/2 years.
(b) 10 1/2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 8 years.

10. What does Piranesi think the statue of the Faun might be communicating to him in Part III?
(a) Be happy.
(b) Be careful.
(c) You will die soon.
(d) Try to find your way out of here.

11. What does Piranesi ask the statues to bring him after his vision of another world in Part IV?
(a) Water.
(b) A bed.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Food.

12. Which of the following does Piranesi find in the bag he knows the Other must have left in the House in the end of Part IV?
(a) A knife.
(b) A flag.
(c) A container of hot food.
(d) A gun.

13. How has Piranesi always thought of himself?
(a) As a scientist.
(b) As a lover.
(c) As an artist.
(d) As a fighter.

14. Where did Arne-Sayles assign D'Agostino a room in his house, according to Piranesi's journals?
(a) Essex.
(b) Whalley Range.
(c) Bristol.
(d) Surrey.

15. What does Piransi think his clothes are perfect for?
(a) Keeping cool.
(b) Keeping warm.
(c) Camouflage.
(d) Keeping up with fashion trends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first writing of 16's that Piranesi comes across?

2. What word does Ketterley say so many people always use in reference to Arne-Sayles?

3. What name is the Other shouting in Part III when Piranesi comes upon him?

4. Who is Piranesi stunned to find in his journal index in Part III?

5. What date was the longest journal entry about Ketterly for?

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