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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the children doing “while Holston climbed to his death” in Chapter 1?
(a) “The children were screaming.”
(b) “The children were shooting.”
(c) “The children were weeping.”
(d) “The children were playing.”

2. Who is described in Chapter 1 as sitting “behind a table arranged with cups of juice and bowls of cornflour cookies”?
(a) Peter.
(b) Paul.
(c) Clarke.
(d) Andrew.

3. What is the name of Holston’s wife who is deceased?
(a) Maria.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Allison.
(d) Paula.

4. How many years is Holston said to have “spent silently waiting for what would never come” in Chapter 1?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. What is said to cling to the boots that Holston is wearing in Chapter 1?
(a) Metal shavings.
(b) Paint.
(c) Melted plastic.
(d) Wood shavings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described in the center of each step as the items that “once gave the treads their grip” in Chapter 1?

2. The voices that Holston hears as he ascends the staircase in Chapter 1 are described as what?

3. Holston is described in Chapter 1 as being determined to do what?

4. What is the underground structure called where the characters of Wool live?

5. 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?

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