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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 spiral staircase leading up.
(c) A concrete ramp leading up.
(d) A well in rural New England.

2. The narrator says of Holston in Chapter 2, “He continued to see inevitable events from the past as” what?
(a) “Avoidable.”
(b) “Important.”
(c) “Meaningful.”
(d) “Accountable.”

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

4. What word from Chapter 6 refers to a strong and fast-moving stream of water or liquid?
(a) Derivative.
(b) Flagrancy.
(c) Stagnation.
(d) Torrent.

5. How many years ago was Jack Brent put to cleaning, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) 5.
(b) 13.
(c) 8.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nelson is described in Chapter 4 as holding what position?

2. What person who had been sent to cleaning is described in Chapter 4 as having “been belligerent and hostile right up to the end”?

3. Holston wonders as he is being dressed by Nelson in Chapter 4 why the others have always complied when in this position. “Holston thought maybe that people went along because” of what reason?

4. 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?

5. The narrator describes the sky in Chapter 2 as “the same dull gray of” what?

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