THE TEST by Ken Bond/Phil Reynolds (C) 1900 The Guild Part 1: (you've landed with your parachute on a clearing) i, read letter (the REF 371/9 in the letter refers to the buttons you have to press to open the plain wooden door), undo parachute, n, n, e, look door, look box, push button 3, push button 7, push button 1, push button 9 (the door opens), e, n, ascend, get cane, look cane, descend, s, look heater, turn heater on, put letter in cane, burn letter with element, burn rope with letter, n, drop cane (you hear a crash from inside the room), s, turn heater off, get box, look in box, look gun, look drum (it's fully loaded), w, w, n, n, n, read notice, look hump, fire gun at hump, n, n, e, look chute, put box on chute, enter box, push bar (you come down to a long dark building), e, look cupboard, break padlock with gun, drop gun, get battery, look battery, w, n, look bulldozer, look under bulldozer (it's too dark to see anything), feel under bulldozer, look device, look doors, put device against doors, enter bulldozer, put wire on battery (the doors have disappeared), drop battery, descend, n, n, w, w, slide door, slide door, w, look tractor, look under tractor, look sump (it has a 3/4" nut), enter tractor, get spanner, look spanner (it's a 3/4" AF spanner), exit tractor, undo nut, drop spanner, get basin, look basin, e, e, e, e, read notice, look gate, climb gate, n, empty basin, drop basin, n, e, n, n, w, s, get shelf, look shelf, n, n, e, ascend, look beam, get match, descend, w, open door, break door, n, get post, look post, look line, s, s, w, look war, n, look bog, push post front into bog, n, push post front into bog, n, push post left into bog, w, push post right into bog, n, push post left into bog, w, push post front into bog, w, push post left into bog, s, push post right into bog, w, push post front into bog, w, push post right into bog, n, push post right into bog, e, push post left into bog, n, push post front into bog, n, w, w, get axe, look axe, e, look tomb, read inscription, lift lid, descend, w, w, ascend, look tree, tie axe to post (you get a long handled axe), put shelf over trunk, stand on shelf, cut tree (you are catapulted over the fence), n, n (end of Part One of The Test) Part 2: e, ascend, look doors, look knobs, untie axe, short knobs with post, n, look doors, shut doors, w, get candle, e, n, n, n, e, e, get pail, look pail, w, n, n, descend, light match, light candle with match, s, get bottle, clean bottle (it's a smoke bomb), look bottle, n, ascend, s, s, w, s, ascend, e, look kite, untie reel, w, w, search pile (you find a screwdriver), e, n, w, open wardrobe (you find a coathanger), e, n, e, look trunk, look lock, pick lock with coathanger, open trunk (you find a hammer), w, s, s, descend, n, e, e, e, look down well, look object, empty pail in well (you see a large silver key), tie reel to coathanger, put coathanger into well, get key with coathanger, w, fill pail, w, w, s, s, s, open doors, s, descend, w, w, search lodge, descend, look under slab (you find a block of wood), look wood, cut wood, ascend, e, n, n, read notice (ministry of defense), e, e, e, se, se, s, s, look under bench (you find a wax taper), look tools (you find a steel spike), e, search pair (you find a Sun newspaper), w, ascend, look firebox, get coal, put sun in firebox, put wood in firebox, put coal in firebox, look level (water level is below danger level), ascend, put water into opening, descend, look level, descend, e, fill pail, w, ascend, ascend, put water into opening, descend, look level, descend, e, fill pail, w, ascend, ascend, put water into opening, descend, look level (it's now above the safety level), descend, e, fill pail, w, light taper with jet, ascend, light sun with taper, look lever, look gauge, look handwheel, undo handwheel, push lever forwards, descend, w, n, look lever, make hole in pail, put pail on lever, enter cabin, wait, exit cabin, n, e, push plunger, throw bomb in jeep, w, n, unlock door, n, read notice, w, n, get cap, look cap, s, throw cap over camera (it misses), get cap, throw cap over camera (it misses), get cap, throw cap over camera (now it hangs over the lens), w, w, look safe, turn dial right 6, turn dial right 5, turn dial right 5, turn dial left 8, turn dial left 8, turn dial left 2 (you hear a loud click), open safe, get key, look key, e, e, e, n, unlock door, n, w, read notice, look loudspeaker, undo screws, n, look door, push door, put magnet on bottom, lift magnet, n, e ("Well done old bean, We are pleased to welcome you to our happy band.") Solution by boldir, December 2020