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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 2 refers to a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation?
(a) Predicament.
(b) Ablation.
(c) Juggernaut.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

2. The low rolling hills that Holston looks at from the holding cell are described as a pretty shade of brown like what?
(a) The Mississippi River.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Peanut butter.

3. The narrator says of Holston in Chapter 2, “He continued to see inevitable events from the past as” what?
(a) “Meaningful.”
(b) “Accountable.”
(c) “Avoidable.”
(d) “Important.”

4. What is the name of Holston’s wife who is deceased?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Paula.
(c) Allison.
(d) Maria.

5. Holston’s office is described in Chapter 1 as being between the cafeteria and what?
(a) The schoolroom.
(b) The nursery.
(c) The airlock.
(d) The zoo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a pleasing view, especially one seen through a long, narrow opening?

2. What rooms are described in Chapter 1 as being filled with “tangles of pipes, like a vast universe”?

3. When the mayor exits in the end of Chapter 2, she tells Holston, “And I won’t insult you by suggesting” what?

4. What word from Chapter 2 means not important or significant?

5. How many years ago does the narrator say Donna Parkins was put to cleaning in Chapter 2?

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