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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Holston described as wearing underneath the outfit Nelson dresses him in, in Chapter 4?
(a) A black carbon undersuit.
(b) A white cotton undersuit.
(c) A red plaid plastic undersuit.
(d) A flannel undersuit.

2. Allison says to Holston in Chapter 5, “There is no uprising, not really, there’s just” what?
(a) “People who need out.”
(b) “Truth.”
(c) “A coup.”
(d) “A gradual leak.”

3. What word in Chapter 5 means to engage in plots and intrigues or to scheme?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Juggernaut.
(c) Machinate.
(d) Persecute.

4. What word used in Chapter 5 refers to the act of making a forcefully reproachful protest?
(a) Articulation.
(b) Ablation.
(c) Juggernaut.
(d) Remonstration.

5. After Allison finished her cleaning, Holston recalls her walking toward what before collapsing?
(a) A spaceship terminal.
(b) A crumbling city over the horizon.
(c) The windows of the silo.
(d) An empty school bus on the hill.

6. How are the curtains described in Chapter 6 that cover the interior of the airlock?
(a) “Pristine floral curtains.”
(b) “Heavy, dark draperies.”
(c) “Black, sooty curtains.”
(d) “Sacrificial plastic curtains.”

7. What word from Chapter 6 means to destroy something (especially waste material) by burning?
(a) Retribution.
(b) Ablation.
(c) Incinerate.
(d) Polymer.

8. Allison tells Holston that once she is released for the cleaning the next day, she will return for what, in Chapter 5?
(a) For the spaceship.
(b) For Holston.
(c) For their children.
(d) For the revolution.

9. How many cameras are described atop the tower of the silo in Chapter 6?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

10. Who, along with two staff employees, is holding Allison down on the floor when Holston arrives in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Nelson.
(b) Donna Parkins.
(c) Mayor Jahns.
(d) Conner.

11. 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?
(a) 15 or 16 feet tall.
(b) 8 or 9 feet tall.
(c) 4 or 5 feet tall.
(d) 2 or 3 feet tall.

12. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a habitual gesture of way of speaking or behaving?
(a) Mannerism.
(b) Ablation.
(c) Articulation.
(d) Juggernaut.

13. As Holston performs the cleaning of the silo cameras in Chapter 6, the narrator notes that “it wasn’t the feeling of betrayal that guided the wool in his hand in small circular motions. It was” what?
(a) “Fear.”
(b) “Responsibility.”
(c) “Pity.”
(d) “Love.”

14. As Holston is about to exit the airlock for his cleaning, the narrator notes that the airlock area will be scrubbed clean and ready for the next cleaning by what time in Chapter 6?
(a) Nightfall.
(b) The next morning.
(c) Noon.
(d) The next week.

15. On what floor of the silo is the dirt farm where Holston’s parents were sent after their deaths?
(a) The 5th floor.
(b) The 15th floor.
(c) The 8th floor.
(d) The 3rd floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Holston recalls watching his wife get dressed for her cleaning through what, in Chapter 4?

2. What word in Chapter 6 describes an electric horn or a similar loud warning device?

3. What does Holston recall Allison clutching as she collapsed after her cleaning in Chapter 4?

4. How many flights of stairs has Holston just bolted up in the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. Upon observing his wife’s state in Chapter 5, Holston considers, “There was nothing left for it but to lock her up, even as he wanted nothing else but room enough to” do what?

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