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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Holston say Marnes’s title is in the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Sheriff.
(b) Police Chief.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Deputy.

2. What time period is noted in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) 5 years prior.
(b) Present time.
(c) 3 years prior.
(d) 7 years prior.

3. 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 spiral staircase leading up.
(b) A concrete ramp leading up.
(c) A well in rural New England.
(d) A staircase that leads endlessly downward.

4. What is the mayor wearing when she appears at the holding cell in Chapter 2?
(a) A pinstriped suit.
(b) Coveralls.
(c) A blue dress.
(d) A hazard suit.

5. What word from Chapter 4 refers to the state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect?
(a) Dilapidated.
(b) Intrinsic.
(c) Ablative.
(d) Corrupted.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What word from Chapter 6 refers to a plant or substance that is capable of causing death or illness if taking into the body?

5. What word from Chapter 2 refers to a minute area of illumination on a display screen?

(see the answer key)

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