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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who questions Chuck Gould about Lila Mae?
(a) Raymond Coombs.
(b) Frank Chancre.
(c) Burt Arbogast.
(d) Elisha Otis.

2. What does Reed believe Chancre will do if he finds the Black Box plans?
(a) That Chancre will keep the plans a secret.
(b) That Chancre will make the plans public.
(c) That Chancre will take credit for the design.
(d) The Chancre will secretly build a prototype of the elevator.

3. Who does Jim and John work for?
(a) Johnny Shush.
(b) James Fulton.
(c) Orville Lever.
(d) Frank Chancre.

4. What is happening at in front of Headquarters when Lila Mae returns in Down: Part One?
(a) Police are rounding up the black inspectors.
(b) Chancre is holding a press conference.
(c) Orville Lever is delivering a political speech.
(d) Internal Affairs is searching Lila Mae's desk.

5. What story is scheduled to come out in next issue of Lift Magazine?
(a) A story about the Fanny Briggs accident.
(b) A story about the Black Box papers.
(c) A story about the corruption of Frank Chancre.
(d) A story about the history of Intuitionism.

6. Who is Johnny Shush?
(a) A third-party candidate for Guild president.
(b) A local organized crime boss.
(c) A prominent Intuitionist.
(d) The top elevator inspector in the city.

7. What does Chancre promise the media?
(a) To capture and imprison Lila Mae Watson.
(b) To find the plans for the Black Box and make them public.
(c) To resign in disgrace following the accident.
(d) To investigate whether or not Intuitionist methods resulted in the Fanny Briggs crash.

8. What does Reed show Lila Mae in Down: Part Two?
(a) The third volume of Theoretical Elevators.
(b) The plans for the Black Box.
(c) An advance copy of Lift Magazine.
(d) A letter from Shush proving that Lila was framed.

9. Who is the Fanny Briggs Building named after?
(a) A wealthy benefactor to the city.
(b) A famous actress from the Funicular Follies.
(c) A prominent black activist.
(d) The first woman elevator inspector.

10. What did James Fulton do during his years of mental decline?
(a) He took Intuitionism in a different philosophical direction.
(b) He trained Lila Mae as an inspector.
(c) He started disassembling and reassembling elevators.
(d) He wrote the second volume of Theoretical Elevators.

11. Who abducts Urich?
(a) Mr. Reed.
(b) John and Jim.
(c) James Fulton.
(d) Elisha Otis.

12. What is Marie Claire's current occupation?
(a) She is a maid.
(b) She is a reporter.
(c) She is an elevator inspector.
(d) She is an Internal Affairs investigator.

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

14. If made public, what effect would the Black Box plans have?
(a) It would be considered the end of Intuitionism.
(b) It would bias the public against the whole elevator industry.
(c) It would bring racial equality in the city.
(d) It would make Empiricism look bad.

15. Why is Jim Murphy's personality like?
(a) He is quiet and violent.
(b) He is sneaky and unreliable.
(c) He is honest and upstanding.
(d) He is outgoing and talkative.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Reed suggest to Lila Mae in Down: Part One?

3. What is the Black Box?

4. How did Lila Mae land the Fanny Briggs assignment?

5. What book did Lila Mae discover?

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