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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Allison says to Holston when he suggests that maybe she shouldn’t be doing this work, “If I don’t piece it together now, somebody else will at some point. You can’t put” what “back in the bottle”?
(a) “The bee.”
(b) “Pandora.”
(c) “The poison.”
(d) “The genie.”

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

3. The days of Holston’s childhood are described in Chapter 1 as being over how many years distant?
(a) 30.
(b) 60.
(c) 50.
(d) 40.

4. The narrator describes each step in Chapter 1 as being “rounded down like a pouting lip.” What literary technique is used in this example?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Simile.
(c) Literary allusion.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

5. One of the staff employees tells Holston in the beginning of Chapter 5 that Allison was detained because she made a rush for what room?
(a) The airlock.
(b) The nursery.
(c) The holding cell.
(d) The library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holston recall Allison using to clean with during her cleaning in Chapter 4?

2. Holston’s office is described in Chapter 1 as being between the cafeteria and what?

3. What rooms are described in Chapter 1 as being filled with “tangles of pipes, like a vast universe”?

4. Who, along with two staff employees, is holding Allison down on the floor when Holston arrives in the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. Allison tells Holston that once she is released for the cleaning the next day, she will return for what, in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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