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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Why has Lila Mae not returned to work in Down: Part Two?
(a) There is suspicion building around her.
(b) She is on paid vacation.
(c) She has been officially assigned to work with Mr. Reed.
(d) There are no elevators that need to be inspected.

4. How does Lila Mae determine what is wrong with the elevators she inspects?
(a) She relies on more experienced inspectors to help her out.
(b) She waits for them to fail and examines the wreckage.
(c) She gets on them and intuits their malfunctions.
(d) She takes careful measurements and compares them to documented standards.

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

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

7. What does Reed reveal about Ben Urich in Down: Part Two?
(a) He has the Black Box plans.
(b) He has disappeared.
(c) He works for Frank Chancre.
(d) He has resigned.

8. Who else received papers similar to what Lever received?
(a) James Fulton and Marie Claire Rogers.
(b) Lila Mae's father and the chief of police.
(c) Chancre and a reporter for Lift magazine.
(d) Johnny Shush and Chuck Gould.

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

10. Where does Arogast work?
(a) The mayor's office.
(b) The Fanny Briggs building.
(c) Internal Affairs.
(d) The Institute.

11. Who is James Fulton?
(a) A candidate for Elevator Guild President.
(b) The founder of Intuitionism.
(c) The head of the Elevator Department.
(d) Lila Mae's father.

12. At elevator school, how did Lila Mae perform on her oral examination?
(a) She failed miserably.
(b) She passed it without difficulty.
(c) She was just shy of passing it.
(d) She just barely passed it.

13. What does Mr. Reed think has happened regarding the elevator crash in Down: Part One?
(a) That Lila Mae has been set up to take the blame for the elevator crash.
(b) That Lila Mae was incompetent and caused the accident.
(c) That Lila Mae intentionally arranged the crash.
(d) That a design flaw in the elevator caused the crash.

14. What do Lila Mae and Natchez initially have in common?
(a) They are both black.
(b) They are both elevator inspectors.
(c) They were both students of James Fulton.
(d) They have both been falsely accused.

15. Who replaced James Fulton as head of the Institute?
(a) Frank Chancre.
(b) Mr. Reed.
(c) Orville Lever.
(d) Fanny Briggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is running against Chancre?

2. What kind of student was Lila Mae?

3. What did Grady Jr. do when he went on a movie date with Lila Mae?

4. What is "Lift"?

5. What does Otis' innovation do for the city?

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