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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the mayor’s name in Chapter 2?
(a) Mayor Parkins.
(b) Mayor Jahns.
(c) Mayor Nelson.
(d) Mayor Percy.

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?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Literary allusion.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

3. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top?
(a) Hexagon.
(b) Spire.
(c) Pyramid.
(d) Cyclone.

4. How long ago does the mayor say the uprising was in Chapter 2?
(a) Two decades ago.
(b) A half of a century ago.
(c) Six decades ago.
(d) A century and a half ago.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Holston’s position of employment in the novel?

2. What is said to cling to the boots that Holston is wearing in Chapter 1?

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

4. Whose son bumps into Holston’s knees at the top of the stairs in Chapter 1?

5. What is Holston surrounded by in his condo in Chapter 3?

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