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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lila Mae find at her apartment in Down: Part One?
(a) Jim and John.
(b) James Fulton.
(c) Natchez.
(d) Frank Chancre.

2. What kind of student was Lila Mae?
(a) Lazy and under-performing.
(b) Outspoken and political.
(c) Top of her class.
(d) Quiet and dedicated.

3. Where is Lila Mae taken in Down: Part Two?
(a) To an interview room at Internal Affairs.
(b) Back to her room at the Institute.
(c) To Frank Chancre's main offices.
(d) To an interrogation room at Shush's hideout.

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

5. What is John Corrigan's personality like?
(a) He is sneaky and unreliable.
(b) He is honest and upstanding.
(c) He is quiet and violent.
(d) He is outgoing and talkative.

6. How does Lila Mae respond to the summons back to base in Down: Part One?
(a) She lies about not hearing it in order to buy her time.
(b) She reports straight back to base to face the consequences.
(c) She goes to the press and claims that she has been framed.
(d) She tells the dispatcher that she is taking her vacation time.

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

8. What does Lila Mae read on the elevator at 125 Walker?
(a) The record of violations imposed on the superintendent of the building.
(b) The manual that all new elevator inspectors receive upon graduation.
(c) The technical specifications of the elevator she is inspecting.
(d) The initials of the other inspectors who have checked the elevator in the past.

9. What does Mr. Reed believe about Marie Claire?
(a) That she has connections to Johnny Shush.
(b) That she is in possession of Fulton's missing papers.
(c) That she sabotaged the Fanny Briggs elevator.
(d) That she has completed the design for the Black Box.

10. What does Natchez want to do in Down: Part Two?
(a) Get to the bottom of the Fanny Briggs mystery.
(b) Finish writing the third volume of Fulton's book.
(c) Find the Black Box and reveal the truth about Fulton's identity.
(d) Take revenge on Johnny Shush for murdering someone close to him.

11. Who does Lila Mae think she sees in the library on some nights?
(a) Johnny Shush.
(b) James Fulton.
(c) Frank Chancre.
(d) Ben Urich.

12. What does Mr. Reed do for a living?
(a) He is the head of Intuitionism.
(b) He runs the elevator school.
(c) He works for Johnny Shush.
(d) He is Lever's secretary and campaign manager.

13. Who dropped Lila Mae off on her first day of elevator school?
(a) Her father.
(b) Orville Lever.
(c) Chuck Gould.
(d) James Fulton.

14. What does the radio dispatcher tell Lila Mae in Down: Part One?
(a) She has been summoned back to headquarters immediately.
(b) That the police are waiting to arrest Lila Mae.
(c) That Johnny Shush's men have taken over the offices.
(d) That Lila Mae has been fired.

15. How did Lila Mae land the Fanny Briggs assignment?
(a) Mr. Reed set it up to keep an eye on her.
(b) Johnny Shush arranged it so that he could frame her.
(c) James Fulton arranged for it in his will.
(d) Franks Chancre arranged it as a piece of political publicity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two opposing philosophies of elevator inspection?

2. Why does Reed send Lila Mae to Marie Claire?

3. What do the pages of Fulton's journals that were sent to someone contain?

4. What is Marie Claire's current occupation?

5. What does Natchez reveal about Fulton?

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