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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Holston is described in Chapter 1 as being determined to do what?
(a) Get revenge.
(b) Die.
(c) Kill his boss.
(d) Find his wife.

2. 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 trapeze-like bar.”
(c) “A hanging rack.”
(d) “A coat-rack.”

3. What does Holston recall Allison doing after finishing her cleaning in Chapter 4?
(a) Breaking the camera and running.
(b) Taking off her helmet and smiling.
(c) Screaming hysterically and beating the camera.
(d) Looking into the camera and waving at him.

4. How is the staircase that Holston is climbing described in Chapter 1?
(a) Marble.
(b) Muddy.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Spiral.

5. Of Holston, the narrator says in Chapter 2, “He pretended not to care, to be disinterested in” what?
(a) “The past of the cleaning.”
(b) “The why of the cleaning.”
(c) “The how of the cleaning.”
(d) “The when of the cleaning.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Allison say to Holston “is always good” in Chapter 3?

3. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a person who betrays a friend, country, or principle?

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”?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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