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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Other tell Piranesi he might be forced to do if Piranesi talks to 16?
(a) Take all of Piranesi's journals and burn them.
(b) Take Piranesi to another world.
(c) Make Piranesi go to jail.
(d) Kill Piranesi.

2. How does Piranesi feel about the dark?
(a) He will go in to dark spaces to try to find a way out of the House.
(b) He does not like it and it slightly scares him.
(c) He loves it.
(d) He will go into dark spaces only to pray.

3. What are the white shapes Piranesi sees scattered around the pavement as he makes his way back from the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?
(a) White paint that someone has painted on the floor.
(b) Birds.
(c) Popcorn.
(d) Ripped-up scraps of paper that were journal entries.

4. Why does Piranesi think the Other has asked him about Batter-Sea?
(a) He thinks it might be where he was born.
(b) He thinks it is where the Other was born.
(c) He thinks it means something important to the Other.
(d) He thinks it is a control question in his data-collecting.

5. What does Piranesi think the House originally may have intended the Folded-Up Child for?
(a) As a potential wife for him.
(b) As a doctor to treat his illnesses.
(c) As a child he could raise.
(d) As a fortune-teller to keep him company.

6. How many people does Piranesi believe ever existed in the World?
(a) 1 Billion.
(b) 15.
(c) 3 Million.
(d) 3,000.

7. What does the box the Other brings a gift to Piranesi in have on the outside of it?
(a) A pretzel.
(b) A flower.
(c) The name of a sports team and logo.
(d) The word "aquarium" and an octopus.

8. Which statue saves Piranesi's life when he falls?
(a) The Fox teaching creatures.
(b) The Trampled Man.
(c) The Minotaur.
(d) The Faun.

9. What does the visitor in Part II tell Piranesi about the Great and Secret Knowledge?
(a) It only exists in the real world.
(b) It only exists for children to find it.
(c) It does not exist.
(d) Piranesi might find it, but the Other will not.

10. What is the Other afraid of in the House?
(a) The powerful tides and movement of water.
(b) The wolves.
(c) The enchanting music.
(d) The statues.

11. What does the Other tell Piranesi about Piranesi in Part II that shocks him?
(a) He thinks Piranesi is a good musician.
(b) He knows where Piranesi can meet a lot of new people.
(c) He knows where Piranesi's mother is.
(d) Piranesi often forgets about things and conversations they have had in the past.

12. What does the visitor suggest Piranesi do to the Other?
(a) Learn from him.
(b) Bring him to the real world.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Write more journal entries for him.

13. Why does the Other threaten to stop working with Piranesi in Part II?
(a) Piranesi says he does not think they should keep going on the quest for the Great and Secret Knowledge.
(b) Piranesi says he wants to meet new people.
(c) Piranesi says he wants to leave the House.
(d) Piranesi says he can no longer write in his journals.

14. What does Piranesi use to weigh down his note to Laurence in Part II?
(a) A book.
(b) A bowl.
(c) A shell.
(d) A pebble.

15. Who is the Biscuit-Box Man?
(a) The person who takes Piranesi's vital signs every week.
(b) The person who lived with Piranesi in the former world.
(c) The person who delivers food for Piranesi.
(d) A skeleton that resides in the Third North-Western Hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Piranesi suggest the Other addressing his ritual invocation to?

2. Who does Piranesi think is the Sixteenth Person in the beginning of Part I?

3. What does Piranesi do to help the birds build their nest?

4. What does Piranesi do to try to determine if there are really gaps in his memory?

5. What stage of the moon does Piranesi see from the One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall in Part II?

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