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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Down: Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is true about James Fulton at the beginning of the novel?
(a) He has gone into hiding.
(b) He has been dead for 20 years.
(c) He is running for Elevator Guild president.
(d) He was on his deathbed.

2. Who does Lila Mae question for information in Down: Part One?
(a) Chuck Gould.
(b) Frank Chancre.
(c) Mr. Reed.
(d) James Fulton.

3. How many people of color had been trained as elevator inspectors when Lila Mae was studying to become one?
(a) 7.
(b) 23.
(c) 12.
(d) 1.

4. What does Mr. Reed believe?
(a) That Fulton perfected the Black Box and hid the blueprints.
(b) That Fulton had given up on completing the Black Box.
(c) That the Black Box does not exist.
(d) That Fulton sent the plans for the Black Box to Lila Mae Watson.

5. What does Lila Mae do when she wakes up after two men visited her apartment in Down: Part One?
(a) She tries to remember everything she can about her visit to the Fanny Briggs building.
(b) She gets on the phone and calls headquarters to try to clear her name.
(c) She locks the door and starts planning her escape from the city.
(d) She goes downstairs and tries to find out whose house she is in.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "phantom passenger"?

2. Who arrives and tells John and Jim to leave Lila Mae's apartment?

3. What is the name for the design challenge that elevator researchers have been working on for years?

4. Which method of elevator inspection has a better accuracy rate?

5. What do the plans for the Black Box seem to be based on?

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