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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says of Holston in Chapter 1, “And he thought, not for the first time, that neither life nor staircase had been meant for” what?
(a) “The footprints of babes.”
(b) “Such an existence.”
(c) “Walking upon.”
(d) “The final days.”

2. What word from Chapter 2 means not important or significant?
(a) Inconsequential.
(b) Incongruous.
(c) Savage.
(d) Ablative.

3. Holston thinks to himself in Chapter 2, “Tomorrow will be my” what?
(a) “Wedding day.”
(b) "Revenge."
(c) “Salvation.”
(d) “Promotion.”

4. What is described in the center of each step as the items that “once gave the treads their grip” in Chapter 1?
(a) Small hearts.
(b) Small spigots.
(c) Small trapezoids.
(d) Small diamonds.

5. Whose son bumps into Holston’s knees at the top of the stairs in Chapter 1?
(a) Sharon’s son.
(b) Paula’s son.
(c) Susan’s son.
(d) Allison’s son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a systematic or established manner?

2. The narrator says in the beginning of Chapter 2 that the “view from the holding cell wasn’t as” what as “it had been in the cafeteria”?

3. The narrator says of Holston in Chapter 2, “He continued to see inevitable events from the past as” what?

4. What word from Chapter 1 means to oscillate or move rhythmically and steadily to and fro?

5. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a pleasing view, especially one seen through a long, narrow opening?

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