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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. Who goes into the tunnel the second time?

2. What confuses the surveyor about the gear that the expedition was given?

3. How does the biologist rationalize her attempt to manipulate the surveyor into going to the lighthouse?

4. Which member of the expedition has had the most weapons training?

5. How does the biologist characterize her husband's behavior upon his return from Area X?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are some of the results that the biologist gains from her tests in 02: Integration?

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

5. What is unique about the pool that the biologist had at her home growing up?

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

7. Why did the members of the 12th expedition not know about the Tower/Tunnel ahead of time?

8. What happens when the members of the expedition call back to the low moaning sound that comes from Area X at dusk?

9. What is the surveyor's reaction when the biologist tells her that the psychologist has been hypnotizing them?

10. What do the biologist and the surveyor discover when they wake up at the beginning of 02: Integration?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the symbol of the Crawler. What does it represent to the biologist as well as its meaning within the text?

Essay Topic 2

Much focus is placed on the mysterious words that appear on the wall of the Tower, which the novel's characters describe as sounding biblical. Write an essay analyzing the rhetorical style of these words and create a thesis that supports or denies that they are biblical in nature. Conclude the essay by analyzing what role, if any, religion has in this text.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the mental stability of the narrator. Be sure to use examples of the narrator's past (including her marriage and childhood). Is she a mentally stable character? Why or why not?

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