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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Literary allusion.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

2. What did Holston and his wife hang over their bed to increase fertility?
(a) Pennies.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Garlic.
(d) Potatoes.

3. What is said to cling to the boots that Holston is wearing in Chapter 1?
(a) Wood shavings.
(b) Metal shavings.
(c) Paint.
(d) Melted plastic.

4. What is Holston surrounded by in his condo in Chapter 3?
(a) Pots and pans.
(b) Winter coats.
(c) Dresses.
(d) Work files.

5. The narrator says in Chapter 2, “There were larger things to consider than the act of” what?
(a) “Caring.”
(b) “Loving.”
(c) "Dying."
(d) “Cleaning.”

Short Answer Questions

1. When Nelson and Holston first make eye contact in Chapter 4, Holston notes that Nelson looks fearful. What does Holston believe Nelson is afraid of?

2. Holston says to his wife in Chapter 3, “You’re saying that someone wiped out our history to stop us from” what?

3. What word from Chapter 1 means to oscillate or move rhythmically and steadily to and fro?

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

5. Holston is sitting on “the lone steel bench” in what room in the beginning of Chapter 4?

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