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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are described in Chapter 1 as “the widest rooms of the entire silo complex”?
(a) The nursery and the gardens.
(b) The cafeteria and lounge.
(c) The cellar and the attic.
(d) The dormitories and the atrium.

2. What did Holston and his wife hang over their bed to increase fertility?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Garlic.
(c) Pennies.
(d) Feathers.

3. What is the name of the deputy that greets Holston in his office in Chapter 1?
(a) Deputy Conner.
(b) Deputy Nelson.
(c) Deputy Marnes.
(d) Deputy Jahns.

4. The narrator states in Chapter 1, “That always amazed [Holston]: how centuries of bare palms and shuffling feet could wear down” what?
(a) “Solid earth.”
(b) “Solid concrete.”
(c) “Solid iron.”
(d) “Solid steel.”

5. The divisions of dormitories that Holston passes as he makes his way up the staircase in Chapter 1 are described as being shaped like what?
(a) Pie-shaped.
(b) Diamond-shaped.
(c) Hexagon-shaped.
(d) Box-shaped.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is said to cling to the boots that Holston is wearing in Chapter 1?

3. How is the staircase that Holston is climbing described in Chapter 1?

4. How many years is Holston said to have “spent silently waiting for what would never come” in Chapter 1?

5. What is the mayor wearing when she appears at the holding cell in Chapter 2?

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