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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 Nelson dressing Holston in, in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) A pinstriped suit.
(b) A white lab coat.
(c) A blue hazard suit.
(d) A white hazard suit.

2. Nelson tells Holston in the beginning of Chapter 4 that the outfit he’s being dressed in has what attributes that will give Holston “more time out there than anyone has had before”?
(a) An aragonite helmet.
(b) A chain-mail exterior.
(c) Kevlar boots.
(d) A second spray-on lining.

3. When Nelson and Holston first make eye contact in Chapter 4, Holston notes that Nelson looks fearful. What does Holston believe Nelson is afraid of?
(a) That he will call his father.
(b) That he will not do the cleaning.
(c) That he will commit suicide.
(d) That he will kill everyone in the silo.

4. Holston is sitting on “the lone steel bench” in what room in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) His office.
(b) The airlock.
(c) The library.
(d) The cafeteria.

5. The word “gyre” used in Chapter 5 refers to what kind of shape?
(a) A hexagon.
(b) A spiral.
(c) A sphere.
(d) A cube.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 6 means to destroy something (especially waste material) by burning?

2. During what time period does Chapter 5 take place?

3. The narrator describes the hissing of a canister as what substance is loaded into the flushing chambers in Chapter 5?

4. 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?

5. Where does Holston arrive in a sprint in the opening of Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What instructions does Nelson give to Holston in Chapter 4?

2. Whom does Allison believe to be responsible for keeping secrets in Chapter 5?

3. What does Holston do after performing the cleaning duty in Chapter 6?

4. What is the setting and time frame of Chapter 5? What is Holston doing in the opening of the chapter?

5. What response does Holston have when Nelson asks him at the end of Chapter 4, “You okay? Anything too tight?”

6. What does Holston note about the fear he sees in Nelson’s eyes in Chapter 4?

7. What surroundings does Holston find himself after exiting the silo in Chapter 6?

8. What does Holston recall of Allison’s preparations to depart for her cleaning in Chapter 4?

9. Why does Allison tell Holston she will return to the silo in Chapter 5?

10. How is Holston’s behavior outside of the holding cell described in Chapter 5?

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