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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. Who calls and wakes the narrator up while he is sleeping after finishing his shuffling?
(a) The librarian.
(b) Junior.
(c) The Professor.
(d) The girl in pink.

2. What does the Colonel give the narrator as winter approaches in Chapter 14?
(a) Winter gloves.
(b) Winter boots.
(c) A winter hat.
(d) A winter coat.

3. What event makes the beasts all stop what they are doing and move simultaneously in one direction in Chapter 2?
(a) The blowing of the horn.
(b) The approach of dinnertime.
(c) The opening of the Gate.
(d) The call of the Gatekeeper.

4. What does the Colonel give the narrator to help nurse him back to health?
(a) Tea.
(b) A bandage.
(c) Soup.
(d) A blanket.

5. What is the second book the narrator reads towards the end of Chapter 15?
(a) Spring Torrents.
(b) The Red and the Black.
(c) Rudin.
(d) Spartacus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator first encounter on his map-making investigations?

2. What does the Gatekeeper say about the narrator's questions?

3. What does the narrator realize has hurt him when he wakes up at the beginning of Chapter 16?

4. The skull from which the narrator is supposed to read the first dream in Chapter 6 is from what animal?

5. What does the Colonel say will become of the narrator's shadow in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you know about the narrator's job based on your reading of Chapter 3?

2. What does Junior tell the narrator to tell the System about their visit and the wound? Why?

3. Explain where the narrator is at the beginning of Chapter 1 and what he spends his time doing.

4. Briefly describe the memory the narrator has while climbing the underground tower with the chubby girl.

5. Describe the differences between Western and Eastern unicorns as presented in Chapter 9.

6. Explain the narrator's reaction to the skull the Professor gives him as a gift.

7. What does the Colonel tell the narrator about the beasts' death in Chapter 20?

8. What do you know about the Pool based on your readings in Chapter 12?

9. Give a brief description of the beasts introduced in Chapter 2.

10. What do you know about the Wall surrounding the Town based on your readings in Chapter 10?

(see the answer keys)

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