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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. When Allison indicates to Holston to come sit by her in the holding cell in Chapter 5, he considers briefly before entering that he could receive what punishment for such an action?
(a) He could be sent to cleaning.
(b) He could be put in prison.
(c) He could be beheaded.
(d) He could be put in isolation.

2. When the airlock doors open and Holston steps out of them in Chapter 6, he finds himself located at the bottom of what?
(a) A staircase that leads endlessly downward.
(b) A concrete ramp leading up.
(c) A well in rural New England.
(d) A spiral staircase leading up.

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

4. What word from Chapter 4 means incapable of producing any useful result, or pointless?
(a) Intrinsic.
(b) Methodical.
(c) Futile.
(d) Precise.

5. Holston is described in Chapter 6 as “alone in the airlock, wearing a cleaning suit, full of doubts and” what?
(a) “Fears.”
(b) “Vengeance.”
(c) “Retribution.”
(d) “Convictions.”

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

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

5. What word from Chapter 6 refers to a strong and fast-moving stream of water or liquid?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Holston find in the cafeteria in the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. Why does Holston make the decision to keep on his helmet as he departs in Chapter 6?

5. What changes take place in the airlock as the time nears for Holston’s departure in Chapter 6?

6. How is Allison’s death described in Chapter 4?

7. What is the setting and time frame established in the opening of Chapter 6? What is Holston doing in the beginning of the chapter?

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

9. Where did Holston watch Allison’s cleaning from? What does the narrator say Allison did when she completed the cleaning in Chapter 4?

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

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