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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 implied about Amy when she tells the crowd that Brian informed on Tom "To me. Just now. Immediately" (11)?
(a) She is not a confident liar.
(b) She is in love with Brian.
(c) She is a brusque, no-nonsense kind of person.
(d) She is unsure that her job is a useful one.
2. What is the wall behind Brian at work meant to resemble?
(a) A pile of corpses.
(b) Human entrails.
(c) Flames.
(d) On open mouth.
3. Why did Brian save Tom's letter?
(a) He wanted to show it to Tim, at work.
(b) He wanted to read it several more times.
(c) He wanted to have it as proof of Tom's crime.
(d) He does not have anything else to read.
4. From context, what must "TinyGhosts" be (11)?
(a) One of the workhouses in Brian's Region.
(b) A workhouse group for children.
(c) A song that the workers sing at night.
(d) A theatrical production.
5. When Brian goes for a walk along the creek to think, what does he see being repaired?
(a) Ducks.
(b) Fish.
(c) The vending machines.
(d) Bridge C.
Short Answer Questions
1. In his letter, Tom claims that his remark was "facetiousness" (9). What is he claiming?
2. What is Leonard's complaint about lunch?
3. What word do the people in the story use to mean "inform"?
4. What is unusual about the elm tree that Brian leans against while he is thinking about what happened to Rolph?
5. What are Visitors called in VICTORIAN WEEKEND?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way does Brian participate in Rolph's death, and how does he feel about it?
2. Who does Brian see mating in the Room, and why is he surprised?
3. Describe the Room.
4. What indication is there in the text that Brian's interpretation of "friendship" might be different from the reader's?
5. What is ironic about Tom's behavior when Amy confronts him about the letter?
6. How do Brian's feelings about Amy change over the course of their time together in the Room?
7. What is in Tom's note to Brian, and how does Brian react to the note?
8. Why does Brian tell the reader that they are usually "swamped" with Visitors, and what does this imply about the relationship between narrator and reader?
9. How did Rolph and Brian become friends?
10. On page 7, what does Brian find when he rushes from the creek over to Bowling to see what the commotion is?
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