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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Colonel Macklin is encouraged by a mysterious entity that he calls __________.
(a) The mirror self.
(b) The dark passenger.
(c) Smoke.
(d) The shadow soldier.

2. Chapter 6 opens in a theater named ______________.
(a) The Empire State Theatre.
(b) The Gottfried.
(c) The Golden Branch Theatre.
(d) The 36th Street Imperial Theatre.

3. In Sister Creep's dream what is the man wearing?
(a) A white mask.
(b) A brown duster.
(c) A black hat.
(d) A yellow raincoat.

4. How does Josh's opponent become injured during their match in Chapter 3?
(a) He trips and falls.
(b) He overexerts himself.
(c) Josh knocks him out.
(d) He is attacked by a spectator.

5. Sister Creep has what occupation at the beginning of the novel?
(a) She runs a soup kitchen.
(b) She is a social worker.
(c) She is a nun.
(d) She is homeless.

6. When Sister and Artie return from searching for supplies, they discover that Doyle is really _________.
(a) A priest.
(b) A spy.
(c) The man who likes movies.
(d) The former President.

7. What minor problem cascades into a major disaster at Earth House shortly after the nuclear attacks begin?
(a) A personnel shortage.
(b) A plumbing issue.
(c) A structural crack.
(d) An electrical short.

8. What does Leona think she sees in Josh's face?
(a) A cloud.
(b) A skull.
(c) A crucifix.
(d) A black pit.

9. Where does Swan live?
(a) Wichita.
(b) Oklahoma City.
(c) Salt Lake City.
(d) Detroit.

10. How does Macklin's inner voice react to what he discovers when he is called away by Perimeter Control?
(a) It is excited.
(b) It gloats over his misfortune.
(c) It is indifferent.
(d) It is frightened.

11. Sister Creep lost her own child in what circumstances?
(a) She was driving drunk.
(b) The child died with no cause.
(c) She gave the child up for adoption.
(d) She neglected the child's health.

12. What do Josh and Swan discover that they believe might lead them to the surface?
(a) A gopher hole.
(b) A drainage hole.
(c) A water pipe.
(d) A fissure in the earth.

13. In Chapter 43, Sister and the others face a critical shortage of what resource?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) Gas.
(d) Batteries.

14. What does Colonel Macklin believe about the Earth House?
(a) It is structurally unsound.
(b) It is a social experiment.
(c) It is pointless.
(d) It is a marvel of engineering.

15. What does Swan see in the smoked mirror?
(a) A field of green crops.
(b) Halland and Sister holding the glass ring.
(c) The nuclear attacks.
(d) Josh dying to defend her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a man do in Sister Creep's dream?

2. What film is being shown at the opening of Chapter 6?

3. Roland and Macklin ambush Sheila Fontana just outside a settlement located in __________.

4. Whom did Sister see in the dream walk she had after she and Artie escaped from Doyle?

5. What grizzly sight do Josh, Swan, and Leona see when they enter the K-mart?

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