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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michaelson say about Ben's file in chapter five?
(a) It is very impressive.
(b) It was sparse.
(c) He hasn't read it.
(d) It indicated Ben should be locked up permanently.

2. What does Blakely tell Ashley about Michaelson's relationship to the first team that went in?
(a) Michaelson's wife was with the first team.
(b) His brother was with the first team.
(c) Michaelson was supposed to go with the first team but got sick.
(d) He was in charge of the first team.

3. In chapter eight, what does Ashley explain about dig sites?
(a) They have to looked at by multiple people.
(b) They need to be explored in a precise cataloged order.
(c) They develop their own character or soul.
(d) They have to be treated like sacred relics.

4. What happens in the end of chapter seventeen when Michaelson, Ashley, and Ben have reached the top of the wall they were climbing?
(a) They find they are in a nest of monster's eggs.
(b) They are in a chamber of spores.
(c) There is a primitive map.
(d) There is a cave that is hidden by a rock slide.

5. Where does Ashley first guess that they are digging when she is talking to Dr. Blakely in chapter one?
(a) Australia.
(b) South America.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Africa.

6. What does Ashley say when Ben asks her if he can buy her a drink in chapter two?
(a) She doesn't drink.
(b) It is a free bar.
(c) She doesn't drink with Australians.
(d) She has a limit of one.

7. In the beginning of chapter twelve, what does Ben find?
(a) A tin cup.
(b) A t-shirt.
(c) A piece of a flashlight.
(d) A human bone.

8. What does Michaelson do when his gun snaps on an empty chamber?
(a) Stabs the monster in the gut.
(b) Hits the monster with the gun like a bat.
(c) Kicks the monster.
(d) Throws a grenade.

9. What does Khalid do to the guard in chapter seven when the guard takes two of Khalid's cigarettes?
(a) Stabs him in the back.
(b) Cuts his throat.
(c) Stabs him in the stomach.
(d) Strangles him.

10. Why does Michaelson tell Ashley that he is on the expedition when she asks in chapter five?
(a) He drew a short straw.
(b) He was given a large sum of money.
(c) He was asked.
(d) He volunteered.

11. What does Ashley have the group do when they begin searching for Halloway in chapter thirteen?
(a) Split up into three teams.
(b) Set up a base to come back to.
(c) Have everyone start looking for blood or some sign of Halloway.
(d) Each go a different direction.

12. What does Ben use for a trap to slow down the monster he dubs 'Big Bertha' and the two smaller monsters?
(a) A can of pepper spray.
(b) A flare.
(c) A pressurized can of air.
(d) A group of bullets taped together.

13. What is Ben able to deduct about Linda and she confirms in chapter seven?
(a) She is sick.
(b) She is frightened of the dark.
(c) She is claustrophobic.
(d) She has an ulterior motive for being on the expedition.

14. In chapter four, how does Ashley compare herself to Linda?
(a) Beast and the beauty.
(b) Less than competition.
(c) A piece of granite next to a rose.
(d) A sows ear next to a silk purse.

15. Where does Ben tell Ashely that he was raised in chapter two?
(a) In a New England bording school.
(b) All over Australia.
(c) His father's sheep farm.
(d) With his grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Khalid say when Ben asks if he is a geologist?

2. What slows down the retreat that Ben and Michaelson make from the monsters in chapter fifteen?

3. In chapter fifteen, what does Michaelson say happened when he tried to contact the main base?

4. What does the drawing look like that Ashley and Ben discover in the cave in chapter eight?

5. What does Ben notice about the lake that is at the underground base in chapter six?

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