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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nelson is described in Chapter 4 as holding what position?
(a) The assistant deputy.
(b) Governor.
(c) Head of the cleaning lab.
(d) Mayor.

2. What does Holston recall Allison using to clean with during her cleaning in Chapter 4?
(a) A large mop.
(b) A scrub brush.
(c) A bristle broom.
(d) Wool pads.

3. Who is described in Chapter 1 as sitting “behind a table arranged with cups of juice and bowls of cornflour cookies”?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Peter.
(c) Paul.
(d) Clarke.

4. 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”?
(a) “Bright.”
(b) “Blurry.”
(c) “Pleasant.”
(d) “Clear.”

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator describes each step in Chapter 1 as being “rounded down like a pouting lip.” What literary technique is used in this example?

3. The days of Holston’s childhood are described in Chapter 1 as being over how many years distant?

4. What word in Chapter 3 refers to the state of being no longer needed or useful?

5. What does Allison say she’s already published “on how to retrieve deleted and overwritten files” in Chapter 3?

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