View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is responsible for supervising the Monitors at night?

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

3. Where did Rolph learn about the surface world?

4. What does Brian's ghoul costume indicate that his character did before his death?

5. How does one of the Monitors subtly threaten Brian when they are talking in Dining?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What puzzles Brian about the air, water, electricity, and food that they use in the underground community?

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

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

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

6. After the funeral, what conflicting feelings does Brian have about his relationship with Amy and Law 6?

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

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

9. When Brian realizes that there are no Visitors coming, what people does he think about, and what does he realize about them?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the images of animals in "Ghoul." Be sure to defend your ideas with evidence form the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that evaluates what "politeness" means to Brian's society and then defends a claim about its significance in the story. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that compares and contrasts the characterization of Brian with the characterization of Amy. Offer textual evidence to support your assertions.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 927 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample