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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. After the burials, what does Brian realize about Gwen's death?
(a) It would not have happened if Gwen had been a better friend.
(b) It was necessary to preserve the peace of the community.
(c) It is really more Tom's fault than it is Brian and Amy's fault.
(d) It would not have happened if he had followed Law 6 from the beginning.

2. What prevents Brian from following Amy when she runs away from the Monitor supervisors?
(a) The Monitors stun him into unconsciousness.
(b) The Monitors assemble a crowd around him to hold him.
(c) He cannot see which direction she has gone because of the cowboys.
(d) He does not understand what is happening until it is too late to follow her.

3. When the Monitors suggest that Brian inform on Amy in order to save himself, what does he do?
(a) Makes a run for the Egress Spout.
(b) Makes a run for the tram.
(c) Agrees to inform on Amy.
(d) Shows them Rolph's letter.

4. As Brian is considering the implications of Rolph's letter, where does he suddenly realize he is standing?
(a) Near Monitoring & Reporting.
(b) Back in the MAWS OF HELL.
(c) In front of his Sleep Slot.
(d) Next to Gwen's body.

5. How does one of the Monitors subtly threaten Brian when they are talking in Dining?
(a) She mimes kicking.
(b) She keeps looking over at the Egress Spout.
(c) She touches her whistle.
(d) She pretends to take notes about him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is revealed to the reader at the end of the story?

2. Where does Amy run to when she sees what is happening to Brian?

3. On page 24, when Brian says, "Why say it? Does it help? We know from bitter experience it does not," what is he referring to?

4. After Amy leaves to go to DISCO LOVE NEST, what is Brian's response to the shimmering lights and swaying trees?

5. What unintentionally ironic comment does Edgar make about his father on page 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. What important information does Brian learn from Rolph's letter?

2. Why do the people in Brian's community find it essential to believe that Visitors will arrive any day?

3. What causes Brian to realize that he is in love with Amy?

4. Who is Edgar Spengler, and what items does he give Brian?

5. What does Mr. Regis say during the funeral for the workers who have been killed?

6. When Brian goes to look for Amy in Dining, what does he think when he sees Jim, and why?

7. After finding out what Brian knows, what choice do the Monitors give him, and what decision does he make?

8. When Brian is looking for Amy in Dining, who finds Brian, and what do they want from him?

9. Describe how the bodies of dead workers are disposed of.

10. How is Brian feeling when he first heads over to Dining to look for Amy, and why?

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