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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Leonard's complaint about lunch?
(a) Layla brings the lunch a few minutes later every day.
(b) It is not hot enough.
(c) He wants it served to the oldest workers first.
(d) It is not very filling.

2. From context, what must "TinyGhosts" be (11)?
(a) A workhouse group for children.
(b) A theatrical production.
(c) A song that the workers sing at night.
(d) One of the workhouses in Brian's Region.

3. What is implied about Amy when she tells the crowd that Brian informed on Tom "To me. Just now. Immediately" (11)?
(a) She is a brusque, no-nonsense kind of person.
(b) She is unsure that her job is a useful one.
(c) She is not a confident liar.
(d) She is in love with Brian.

4. What is the "DisaHole" (5)?
(a) The duct that connects the underground workhouses to the surface.
(b) The vacuum tube where dead bodies are disposed of.
(c) The hole that Tom vanishes through during his act.
(d) The painted section of wall that the creek seems to flow into.

5. What is served to Brian as his lunch?
(a) Broth with a piece of candy bar in it.
(b) Cherries floating in bath water.
(c) Fish heads and melted ice cream.
(d) Wheat cereal soaked in beer.

6. What is the wall behind Brian at work meant to resemble?
(a) On open mouth.
(b) Human entrails.
(c) A pile of corpses.
(d) Flames.

7. Which of the following is one of the other workhouses in Brian's Region?
(a) ALPINE SKI PATROL.
(b) BENEATH OUR MOTHER THE SEA.
(c) MEDIEVAL BATTLEFIELD.
(d) A DAY AT THE LOUVRE.

8. On page 10, what phrase is used to describe statements like Tom's about the Visitors?
(a) Regrettable Falsehood.
(b) Disturbing Sentiment.
(c) Erroneous Negativity.
(d) Anti-Community Statement.

9. What is the name of Brian's workhouse?
(a) SATAN'S FURNACE.
(b) THE FIERY PIT.
(c) THE SEVENTH CIRCLE.
(d) MAWS OF HELL.

10. What word do the people in the story use to mean "inform"?
(a) Snitch.
(b) Rat.
(c) Tattle.
(d) Squeal.

11. In his letter, Tom claims that his remark was "facetiousness" (9). What is he claiming?
(a) He thought that Brian would understand that he was saying the opposite of what he really meant.
(b) He thought that Brian would agree with him and keep his remark a secret.
(c) He was making a joke, but he understands that it was inappropriate.
(d) He offered a deliberately silly exaggeration to make his wife sound ridiculous.

12. What name does Bill always call Brian?
(a) Mephistopheles.
(b) Godzilla.
(c) Frankenstein.
(d) Erebus.

13. When Brian saw Rolph on Break, what was Rolph writing?
(a) A love poem.
(b) A letter to his son.
(c) A new script for his character.
(d) A suggestion for the Suggestion Box.

14. Why did Brian save Tom's letter?
(a) He wanted to have it as proof of Tom's crime.
(b) He does not have anything else to read.
(c) He wanted to show it to Tim, at work.
(d) He wanted to read it several more times.

15. On page 12, what does Amy tell Brian is her motivation for protecting him from the consequences of his crime?
(a) She does not think that omission should be considered a crime.
(b) She is no longer sure that telling the truth should be a crime.
(c) She is sick of seeing people being killed.
(d) She has always thought that he is attractive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Brian see Tom Frame mating with?

2. What is unusual about the elm tree that Brian leans against while he is thinking about what happened to Rolph?

3. Why does Leonard get to sit down while the others squat?

4. What impresses Brian about the Feuding Ghouls?

5. When Brian goes for a walk along the creek to think, what does he see being repaired?

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