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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. How does Lila Mae feel about her fellow elevator inspectors?
(a) She does not like them.
(b) She admires them.
(c) She thinks she is better than the rest of them.
(d) She is intimidated by them.

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

3. What is Intuitionism?
(a) The practice of inspecting elevators by sensing what is wrong with the machine.
(b) The practice of carefully studying maintenance records and extrapolating an elevator's condition.
(c) The belief that only one's intuition matters for knowing what is important in life.
(d) The practice of making educated guesses about the honesty of elevator inspectors.

4. What do the pages of Fulton's journals that were sent to someone contain?
(a) Writings on Intuitionism.
(b) Damaging information about Chancre.
(c) Plans for the Black Box.
(d) Fulton's autobiography.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When Lila Mae was a child, what did her father ask her to do one night?

4. What does Mr. Reed believe about Marie Claire?

5. Who does Lila Mae find at her apartment in Down: Part One?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the Fanny Briggs building?

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

3. Who is James Fulton?

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

5. Who is Frank Chancre?

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

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

8. Who comes to question Chuck Gould?

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

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

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