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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The voices that Holston hears as he ascends the staircase in Chapter 1 are described as what?
(a) Rasps.
(b) Booms.
(c) Screams.
(d) Trills.

2. How many years does Holston say it’s been since he served his wife her last meal in the holding cell in Chapter 2?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

3. The narrator states in Chapter 3 that Holston’s “wife was a wizard with computers, no doubt, but” what “was not her bag, it was his”?
(a) “Cooking.”
(b) “Sleuthing.”
(c) “Cleaning.”
(d) “Auto repair.”

4. What does the narrator say Holston and his wife had “invited into their lives” in Chapter 1?
(a) Religion.
(b) Corruption.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Superstition.

5. What is Holston’s position of employment in the novel?
(a) Sheriff.
(b) Judge.
(c) Postman.
(d) Butcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Holston tells Allison in Chapter 3, “If I’ve learned one thing from my job, it’s that no crime or crazy mob is ever all that” what?

2. What is Holston described as wearing underneath the outfit Nelson dresses him in, in Chapter 4?

3. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a habitual gesture of way of speaking or behaving?

4. What word in Chapter 3 refers to the state of being barred from one’s native country?

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

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