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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. Where does Lila Mae spend the night after leaving Shush's?
(a) The Institute.
(b) One of Shush's safe houses.
(c) James Fulton's old residence.
(d) Her own apartment.

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

3. What is "Lift"?
(a) A new rival philosophy.
(b) A professional association of elevator inspectors.
(c) The nickname for Frank Chancre.
(d) An elevator industry magazine.

4. What does Otis' innovation do for the city?
(a) It marks the arrival of "verticality."
(b) It marks the arrival of the "second ascension."
(c) It marks the arrival of the Black Box.
(d) It marks the beginning of Intuitionism.

5. What does Lila Mae Watson do for a living?
(a) She is an investigator for the Elevator Institute.
(b) She is an elevator operator.
(c) She is a reporter for Lift Magazine.
(d) She is an elevator inspector for the city.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is unusual about the fact that James Fulton's initials were on the inspection record?

3. What does Lila Mae decide to do at the end of Down: Part One?

4. What does Mr. Reed do for a living?

5. Why is James Fulton an important figure?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Lila Mae taken in Down: Part Two?

2. Who is Ben Urich?

3. What happens at the Fanny Briggs building?

4. Who is Frank Chancre?

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

6. What does Chancre want from Lila Mae?

7. Who is Natchez?

8. What does Natchez reveal to Lila Mae about James Fulton?

9. What do Jim and John tell Urich about the Black Box story?

10. What does Chuck Gould report to Lila about the accident?

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