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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the mayor’s name in Chapter 2?

3. Allison says in Chapter 3 that there was a revolt just about how often?

4. Chapter 3 is described as taking place how many years earlier?

5. The narrator says in the beginning of Chapter 2 that the “view from the holding cell wasn’t as” what as “it had been in the cafeteria”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What “traitorous” notion does Allison present as a reason for the servers being wiped in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

5. What does Allison initially point out to Holston in the beginning of Chapter 3?

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

7. Where does the protagonist of the novel live? How is the arrangement of this setting described in Chapter 1?

8. What is the theory that Allison presents to Holston in Chapter 3?

9. How is Mayor Jahns’s demeanor described when she meets with Holston in Chapter 2?

10. What thoughts does Holston have regarding the pixels in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of the holding cell and the screens in this room. How does the view from the screen in the holding cell differ from the view in the lounge or cafeteria? Why does Holston surmise this difference exists in Chapter 2? Do you think Holston’s theories are correct?

Essay Topic 2

The Meaning of Appearances in Wool

a. Throughout Wool, there are clear discrepancies between what is real and what is portrayed as reality. Why do these discrepancies exist? What does Allison discover about these appearances?

b. Discuss the ending of the novel. What does Holston’s discovery mean in regard to Allison’s theories of the silo and its history?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the outside world as seen by Holston in Chapter 6. What colors are depicted in the reading? How do these images differ from those of the view from the holding cell or the cafeteria? How does Holston respond to this imagery?

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