Pauls Tikmanis
11. C
4.12.2010
Book report
The exam
Eight talented candidates have reached the final stage of selection to join the ranks of a mysterious and powerful corporation. Entering a windowless room, an Invigilator gives them eighty minutes to answer one simple question. Throughout the book the story develops and each contender is disqualified there remains only one person who stood out of all the other contenders and realized that there was only one question asked and which required the most simplest answer.
For the beneficial job interview were outlined the 8 best contenders which have applied for it. After all the contenders had entered the room and sat down in their desks the Invigilator gave them three simple rules which they had to obey or they would be disqualified: don’t talk to him or the armed guard by the door, don’t spoil their papers and don’t leave the room. He starts the clock and leaves. The candidates turn over their question papers, only to find they’re completely blank. After the initial confusion has subsided, one frustrated candidate writes ‘I believe you should hire me because…,’ and is promptly ejected for spoiling. The remaining candidates soon figure out they’re permitted to talk to each other, and they agree to cooperate in order to figure out the question: then they can compete to answer it. None of the contenders wanted to give their real names so they decided to use nicknames: Dark, Chinese, Blonde, Deaf, Black, White, Brunette and Brown. At first they suspect the question may be hidden in their papers like a security marker in a credit card, and they figure out ways to change their environment to expose the hidden words.
The Term Paper on English Sample Question Paper
Question Paper Design SA 2 English Communicative Classes IX & X Code No. 101 The design of the question papers in English Communicative for classes IX & X has undergone a few changes. They are as under: Section A –Reading: 20 marks (Question 1-4) In the existing scheme of the question paper Students answer questions based on four unseen passages carrying five marks each –all the ...
But light, liquids and other plans all come to naught. Soon enough, the candidates begin to uncover each other’s background, prejudices and hidden agendas. Tensions rise as the clock steadily descends towards zero, and each candidate must decide how far they are willing to go to secure the ultimate job. At the end there remained 2 people in the room. But White made a mistake by talking to the Invigilator which caused him to get removed from the room there for losing the ability to work for the organization. The Blonde was the last one in the room, and them when the time had ran out she tried to remember everything what had happened in the last 80 minutes and realized that there was only one question ever asked by the Invigilator and it was: ”Are there any questions?”, and Blonde answered: “No.”
The book was written in an official and formal text. It was entertaining when they tried to figure out the answer by figuring out the question. It was every interesting and a challenge to read the book, because there were some words that could have been understandable only by reading the entire sentence.
The book gives an insight about how sometimes the simplest answers are the correct ones, and that you only need to listen to truly understand the question. Brown: “It’s not about the answer it’s about the question.” White: “To establish the question we have to cooperate”. Brown: “Why should I help you, to beat me?”
I enjoyed reading the book because it was a psychological thriller and a mind game which asked from you, the reader to really “dig in” the books story to truly understand it. I myself like books and movies about stress situation which requires to think on your feet and to think philosophically about items, rooms and situations.
Author: Simon Garrity
