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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lila Mae tell Mr. Reed about the next day after she was at Shush's?
(a) Her lack of progress with Marie Claire.
(b) Her meeting with Frank Chancre.
(c) Her relationship with Fulton.
(d) Her discovery that the Fanny Briggs crash was rigged.

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

4. Why did Lila Mae have to live in a converted closet?
(a) The full-sized rooms were "white only."
(b) She had applied too late for student housing.
(c) Full-sized rooms were assigned by lottery.
(d) She was attending in secret and had to hide.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marie Claire's current occupation?

2. Who is the "screaming man"?

3. At elevator school, how did Lila Mae perform on her oral examination?

4. What do Lila Mae and Natchez initially have in common?

5. What is Arbogast determined to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who comes to question Chuck Gould?

2. What was significant about Elisha Otis' invention of the safety brake?

3. Who is Natchez?

4. What happens at the Fanny Briggs building?

5. What kind of student was Lila Mae at elevator school?

6. What does Chancre want from Lila Mae?

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

8. What is significant about Lila Mae as an inspector?

9. What does Natchez need Lila Mae's help with?

10. What does Lila Mae Watson do for a living?

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