Choose the best answer for each question. At the end of the quiz, your score will appear here. Note: this quiz is based on the original story. Some of the questions and answers may not be applicable to our simplified story.
Why was the population of the United States only 40 million?
Because many people had died in the past from sickness and hunger.
Because the government decided that it should stay that size.
Because the story took place a long time ago.
Why was the wall of the hospital waiting room being painted?
Because the room was very messy and depressing.
To promote the Federal Bureau of Termination.
To remember someone who had called 2BR02B.
What did the painter think of his picture?
That there had never been a garden better designed and looked after.
That it was nice to be able to make pictures that look like something.
That it was nothing like what life really looks like.
What did the hospital worker think of the picture?
He was happy to see himself in the middle of it.
That it was a very depressing view of life.
That it was just like what life really looks like.
What is the strangest thing you might notice about a Federal Bureau of Termination hostess?
They don't do any disposing.
All of their clothes are purple.
They grow hair in an unusual place.
Why did Leora Duncan come to the hospital waiting room?
Because she was about to have a baby.
Because she wanted to be near to Dr Hitz.
So that the painter could see what she looked like.
Why didn't Leora Duncan want her face painted on the picture of the woman carrying dead plants?
Because she wanted it to be on a woman standing closer to Dr Hitz.
Because she knew more about art than the painter did.
Because her job was to kill people, not carry away their bodies.
Why did Dr Hitz come into the hospital waiting room?
To talk to Mr Wehling about population control.
So that the painter could put his face in the picture.
Because he had work to do in the hospital.
What is the most likely reason that Mr Wehling took a gun to the hospital?
To shoot himself if he could not save the babies.
To shoot the two babies that would not be allowed to live.
To shoot Dr Hitz and Leora Duncan.
Why did the painter call the 2BR02B number?
Because he did not like the world he was living in.
Because he was very old and it was his time to die.
Because Dr Hitz and Leora Duncan were dead and he could not finish the painting.