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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 is the purpose of the black device the members of the expedition wear?
(a) The device helps them leave the area every night.
(b) The device powers their cellphones.
(c) The device warns them when they are in an unsafe area.
(d) The device has no stated purpose.

2. What are shape are the tiny creatures inside of the tunnel?
(a) Heart shaped.
(b) Hand shaped.
(c) Star shaped.
(d) Circular in shape.

3. What personal connection does the biologist reveal about herself and Area X in 02: Integration?
(a) Her husband went on the eleventh expedition to Area X.
(b) Area X was named after her grandpa, Cornelius X.
(c) Her parents were both born in Area X.
(d) Her favorite spot in her childhood was actually a piece of Area X.

4. What animal comes at them on their hike to base camp in 01:Initiation?
(a) A deer.
(b) A wild boar.
(c) A bear.
(d) A dolphin.

5. What did the killer do that made them responsible for the death of the corpse discovered in 02: Integration?
(a) She covered the anthropologist with boar bait, causing it to eat her.
(b) She hypnotized the anthropologist into taking a sample of a deadly creature.
(c) She threw a grenade into the tower.
(d) She shot the linguist through the forehead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the members of the third expedition sent to explore the area that the narrator's expedition explores?

2. What happens to the biologist when she gets too close to the words on the wall?

3. What does the biologist do when they return to base camp in 01: Initiation?

4. What does the biologist do to convince the surveyor to go to the lighthouse with her?

5. What does the biologist see as she stands watch at night in 02: Integration?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the biologist notice first about the tunnel the second time she enters it?

2. After they discover the body of the anthropologist in 02: Integration, how does the biologist's view on the expedition change?

3. How does the biologist feel when members of the Southern Reach come for her husband after he returned from Area X?

4. How do the members of the expedition celebrate after their first exploration of the structure made from coquina and stone?

5. What commonalities did the narrator notice when looking through interview materials from the participants of the 11th expedition?

6. What do the surveyor and biologist realize when they exit the tunnel in 02: Integration?

7. What comparison does the narrator make between the ocean air and the air back home in "Initiation"?

8. What is the moaning sound that the expedition hears in Area X?

9. How does the surveyor respond when the biologist asks whether she can perceive the tower breathing?

10. What does the psychologist plan to do while the surveyor and biologist explore the tower in 02: Integration?

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