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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Holston grab above him in order to pull himself to a standing position as Nelson dresses him in Chapter 4?
(a) “An anvil.”
(b) “A coat-rack.”
(c) “A hanging rack.”
(d) “A trapeze-like bar.”

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

3. What is Holston described as wearing underneath the outfit Nelson dresses him in, in Chapter 4?
(a) A red plaid plastic undersuit.
(b) A black carbon undersuit.
(c) A flannel undersuit.
(d) A white cotton undersuit.

4. What rooms are described in Chapter 1 as being filled with “tangles of pipes, like a vast universe”?
(a) Reading rooms.
(b) Airlock chambers.
(c) Purification rooms.
(d) Torture rooms.

5. What does “IT” stand for in Chapter 3?
(a) Internet Theory.
(b) Illiterate Technology.
(c) Information Technology.
(d) Indication Technician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mayor wearing when she appears at the holding cell in Chapter 2?

2. The narrator states in Chapter 1, “That always amazed [Holston]: how centuries of bare palms and shuffling feet could wear down” what?

3. In the conclusion of Chapter 3, the narrator states that Holston’s “wife was poking some great, overly full balloon with” what?

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

5. What does Holston carry with him everywhere, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

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