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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. Why does the narrator say he has no intention of turning in his Calcutec qualifications in Chapter 11?
(a) He doesn't mind the bureaucracy.
(b) The pay is so good.
(c) He feels called to do his job.
(d) He can't imagine doing anything else.

2. How does the Librarian feel about the Pool?
(a) It reminds her of better days.
(b) She is afraid of it.
(c) It reminds her of painful memories.
(d) She enjoys its calmness.

3. What does the Colonel say will become of the narrator's shadow in Chapter 8?
(a) It will die.
(b) It will live its own life.
(c) It will escape.
(d) It will forget him.

4. What do the girl and the narrator find half-way up the tower?
(a) A rope.
(b) A stash of paperclips.
(c) A message from the Professor.
(d) A secret cave.

5. What does the Colonel say dying might be for the beasts?
(a) Their salvation.
(b) A traumatic experience.
(c) A painful occurrence.
(d) A relief.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator believe after he's slammed into the rock slab at the beginning of Chapter 23?

3. Why does the Colonel say the narrator's love for the Librarian may not be prudent?

4. What does the narrator find himself longing for underground?

5. What topic of conversation makes the narrator uncomfortable in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does the chubby girl think her grandfather's lab hasn't been broken into in Chapter 21?

4. Explain how the relationship between the narrator and the young woman develops in Chapter 5.

5. What is the source of the noise that dominates the first half of Chapter 23?

6. Why does the Professor say in Chapter 25 that he gave the narrator the data to shuffle with the terminal program?

7. Explain what "The End of the World" is according to the Professor's explanation in Chapter 25.

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

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

10. Describe the process for reading dreams.

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