1. Where were the girlfriend and sister of Cyrus Black on Friday night?
select answer they were with him they were in the elevator they went out for pizza they went drinking in Greenwich Village

2. A superstitious man would:
select answer not worry about walking under ladders try to never walk under a ladder always walk under ladders whenever possible always talk about walking under ladders

3. What caused the elevator to stop?
select answer the security guard stopped it the power went out for a short second Cyrus shook it Cyrus pressed 43 at the wrong time

4. When Cyrus rang the alarm, we can guess that:
select answer it made a sound, but nobody heard it it never made any sound it made a sound, and people heard it, but did not answer it its sound was unusually loud

5. Why did Cyrus probably ring the alarm in various patterns?
select answer because he wanted to play a song because he was bored because he wanted to get attention because he thought it would make the elevator start

6. In par. 6, line 1, what is a shaft?
select answer an entryway that the elevator opens onto a window to the outside of the building a door to the outside of the building the tunnel that the elevator travels through

7. How long was Cyrus in the elevator altogether?
select answer about 5 hours about 17 hours about 29 hours about 40 hours

8. Why did the security guard check the video monitor?
select answer he heard loud sounds and alarms he was looking for Cyrus checking the monitors was part of his job he was angry about the power outage

9. What happened to the lawsuit?
select answer Cyrus got more than $25 million dollars Cyrus never got any money Cyrus got his job back We, the readers, don¹t know how it turned out

10. Which is NOT a reason for Cyrus to sue the owners of the building?
select answer he had to quit his job, and lost some money from that he was damaged emotionally by the experience he is now unable to work in a job that requires the use of an elevator he became permanently superstitious as a result of the experience

11. What was Cyrus working on at the time of the incident?
select answer a cigarette an article about the stock market the power that ran the elevator an ambulance and the sounds of the city

12. Why did Cyrus originally leave the building?
select answer to smoke a cigarette to work on an article about the stock market in Taiwan to go out for pizza to finish his project

13. Why did he take out his pocket knife and pen?
select answer to break out of the elevator to get the power working again to make a crack in the door to make a note to the security guard

14. In which way was Cyrus lucky?
select answer he was stuck for a long time he had an unusual experience he lived through the experience he was in the elevator at an unusual time

15. In which way was Cyrus unlucky?
select answer he was able to get a lot of money he had a very bad weekend he was working on an unusual project the security guard checked the monitor