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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the underground structure called where the characters of Wool live?
(a) A silo.
(b) A subterranean palace.
(c) A juggernaut.
(d) A bunker.

2. What is the mayor’s name in Chapter 2?
(a) Mayor Parkins.
(b) Mayor Jahns.
(c) Mayor Percy.
(d) Mayor Nelson.

3. Allison says in Chapter 3 that there was a revolt just about how often?
(a) Every 15 years.
(b) Every 4 years.
(c) Every 20 years.
(d) Every 10 years.

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

5. What word does Allison use in Chapter 3 to describe her supposition intended to the explain past events?
(a) Juggernaut.
(b) Law.
(c) Ablation.
(d) Theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the deputy that greets Holston in his office in Chapter 1?

2. What does the narrator say Holston and his wife had “invited into their lives” in Chapter 1?

3. What word from Chapter 3 refers to the process of obtaining or consulting of material stored in a computer system?

4. 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”?

5. Holston tells Allison in Chapter 3, “If I’ve learned one thing from my job, it’s that no crime or crazy mob is ever all that” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one example the use of simile in Chapter 1? What purpose does this example serve?

2. What superstitions from his past does Holston recall in Chapter 1?

3. What is the significance of the lottery ticket that Holston is said to always carry with him in Chapter 1?

4. What sounds are described in the beginning of Chapter 1? What tone do these sounds set for the narrative?

5. What is an example of the use of literary repetition in Chapter 1? What purpose does this example serve?

6. How does Holston compare the images from the screens to the children’s books that survived the uprising in Chapter 2?

7. What theory does Holston develop for the reason the view is different in the holding room in Chapter 2?

8. What does Allison’s work involve, as revealed in Chapter 3?

9. What does Holston notice about the view from the holding room in the beginning of Chapter 2?

10. What is the principle setting of Wool? In what time period does the story take place?

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