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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Down: Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Black Box?
(a) The name the inspectors give for their headquarters.
(b) The design for a perfect elevator.
(c) An elevator reserved for black people.
(d) The safe holding Fulton's missing papers.

2. What does Lila Mae read on the elevator at 125 Walker?
(a) The manual that all new elevator inspectors receive upon graduation.
(b) The initials of the other inspectors who have checked the elevator in the past.
(c) The record of violations imposed on the superintendent of the building.
(d) The technical specifications of the elevator she is inspecting.

3. Who arrives and tells John and Jim to leave Lila Mae's apartment?
(a) Natchez.
(b) Mr. Reed.
(c) James Fulton.
(d) Frank Chancre.

4. What does Lila Mae do when she wakes up after two men visited her apartment in Down: Part One?
(a) She gets on the phone and calls headquarters to try to clear her name.
(b) She tries to remember everything she can about her visit to the Fanny Briggs building.
(c) She locks the door and starts planning her escape from the city.
(d) She goes downstairs and tries to find out whose house she is in.

5. How did James Fulton pass as a white man?
(a) He always wore a mask.
(b) He painted his face white when he was in public.
(c) His skin was pale enough to pass for white.
(d) He never revealed his true identity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marie Claire's current occupation?

2. Which method of elevator inspection has a better accuracy rate?

3. What does Reed believe Chancre will do if he finds the Black Box plans?

4. Who is running against Chancre?

5. What did James Fulton do during his years of mental decline?

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