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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the members of the expedition find on the walls of the tunnel?

2. Who does not want to go back to the tower in 02: Integration?

3. How many expeditions have been to Area X, including the one in 01:Initiation?

4. What question keeps the narrator awake after she first discovers the tower in 01: Initiation?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the biologist and the surveyor find when they develop the pictures they took in the tunnel?

2. Describe the black boxes that each member of the expedition is given.

3. What does the biologist notice about the psychologist in the initial conversation about the anthropologist's absence in 02: Integration?

4. What hypnotic commands does the psychologist give the team on the evening after they first explore the tower?

5. How does the psychologist get the biologist and the surveyor to go into the tunnel without her In Integration?

6. How does the psychologist explain the absence of the anthropologist in 02: Integration?

7. How does the narrator react when she first realizes that the psychologist is issuing a hypnotic command to which she is immune?

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

9. What is recorded about the first expedition into Area X?

10. In "Initiation," what does the Biologist say happened to the members of the last expedition?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the significance of the black and white photo that the biologist finds in the lighthouse. Using evidence from the text, make inferences as to who circled the photo and what role the man in the photo plays in the text.

Essay Topic 2

Define the term "foil" as it pertains to characters in a novel or story. Who is a foil to the biologist? Use evidence from the text and carefully explain why this selection was made.

Essay Topic 3

Vandermeer uses strong sensory details throughout the text. He is especially prone to using vivid color descriptions. Write an essay analyzing Vandermeer's use of color in the text. Describe when it appears and analyze its impact on the tone of the novel and the development of the characters.

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