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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe her life in the world outside of the expedition?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Empty.
(c) Average.
(d) Overwhelming.

2. Who does not go into the tunnel during the first exploration?
(a) The psychologist.
(b) The anthropologist.
(c) The biologist.
(d) The surveyor.

3. What does the first expedition report about Area X?
(a) All of the wildlife had been killed by something.
(b) All of the trees were burnt down.
(c) Alien lifeforms.
(d) Nothing out of the ordinary, just wild and untouched wilderness.

4. To what do the inhaled spores make the narrator immune?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Hypnosis.
(c) Fear.
(d) Broken Bones.

5. What does the biologist do when they return to base camp in 01: Initiation?
(a) Take a nap.
(b) Analyzes samples they took from the tunnel.
(c) Observes a tiny red and green frog.
(d) Had a heart to heart with the anthropologist.

6. How does the surveyor seem to feel about the biologist's attempt to change her mind at the end of 02: Integration?
(a) It confirms something she had suspected of the biologist.
(b) It makes the surveyor respect the biologist's tenacity.
(c) It is a complete surprise.
(d) It makes the surveyor fear the biologist's brainpower.

7. How does the tunnel change as they get lower?
(a) It gets cooler.
(b) It gets brighter.
(c) It gets warmer.
(d) It begins to smell like cotton balls.

8. What does the anthropologist leave behind when she leaves in Integration?
(a) Her food.
(b) She tent.
(c) Her lucky charm.
(d) Her gear and her gun.

9. Who does not want to go back to the tower in 02: Integration?
(a) All three remaining members.
(b) The surveyor.
(c) The biologist.
(d) The psychologist.

10. What does the anthropologist do when they return to base camp in 01: Initiation?
(a) Goes to examine remains of some cabins.
(b) Reads the books she brought with her.
(c) Talks with the psychologist about her fears.
(d) Goes for a jog.

11. Why does the surveyor refuse to go to the lighthouse in 02: Integration?
(a) Her legs are too tired to keep walking.
(b) Whoever is there will be armed.
(c) She doesn't believe the lighthouse exists.
(d) She's afraid of lighthouses.

12. What does the narrator do when she realizes she has been contaminated by the organism growing on the walls underground?
(a) She tries to hide it but is caught almost immediately.
(b) She confesses right away.
(c) She hides it from the others.
(d) She purposefully contaminates the others.

13. Why does the biologist give the surveyor the first watch of the night?
(a) Because she's too tired to take first watch.
(b) Because the surveyor can't sleep anyway.
(c) Because the biologist has better night vision.
(d) To establish trust.

14. What does the biologist notice about the psychologist at the beginning of 02: Integration?
(a) She looks like she's been throwing up.
(b) Her boots are dirty and she is injured.
(c) She has a black eye.
(d) She looks like she's been crying.

15. What makes the expedition team laugh over dinner in 01: Initiation?
(a) They watch a group of ducks on the pond.
(b) The surveyor tells them all dirty jokes.
(c) When the anthropologists says, "I wish I knew what you were thinking," and the biologist responds, "no you don't" (31).
(d) The psychologist spills soup on herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the biologist and the surveyor wish they had the linguist while they are in the tunnel?

2. What do the surveyor and biolgist notice about the words in the tunnel in 02: Integration?

3. How does the surveyor respond when the biologist asks whether she will wait at base camp?

4. What did every member of the prior expedition include in their drawings and notes about the area?

5. Which member of the expedition is the first to go into the tunnel?

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