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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Holston’s brain is described as being numb from lack of what in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Carbon Monoxide.
(b) Oxygen.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Sunshine.

2. As Holston performs the cleaning in Chapter 6, it dawns on him, “His wife had been right.” In what way was she right?
(a) “The view from inside was a lie.”
(b) “The leaders had killed all the children.”
(c) “The computers were destroyed by aliens.”
(d) “The view from inside was the truth.”

3. Holston is sitting on “the lone steel bench” in what room in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) The library.
(b) The airlock.
(c) His office.
(d) The cafeteria.

4. The narrator says of Holston in Chapter 2, “He continued to see inevitable events from the past as” what?
(a) “Avoidable.”
(b) “Important.”
(c) “Meaningful.”
(d) “Accountable.”

5. When Nelson and Holston first make eye contact in Chapter 4, Holston notes that Nelson looks fearful. What does Holston believe Nelson is afraid of?
(a) That he will kill everyone in the silo.
(b) That he will not do the cleaning.
(c) That he will commit suicide.
(d) That he will call his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the curtains described in Chapter 6 that cover the interior of the airlock?

2. What word from Chapter 2 refers to a minute area of illumination on a display screen?

3. What is the mayor’s name in Chapter 2?

4. When Holston looks back at the silo from the outside in Chapter 6, “All that stood behind him was a small mound of concrete, a tower” no more than how many feet tall?

5. When the airlock doors open and Holston steps out of them in Chapter 6, he finds himself located at the bottom of what?

(see the answer key)

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