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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are described in Chapter 2 as “the only books to survive the uprising”?
(a) History books.
(b) Science textbooks.
(c) Children’s books.
(d) Religious books.

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

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”?
(a) “Blurry.”
(b) “Clear.”
(c) “Bright.”
(d) “Pleasant.”

5. 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) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are described in Chapter 1 as “the widest rooms of the entire silo complex”?

2. Holston thinks to himself in Chapter 2, “Tomorrow will be my” what?

3. Whom does the mayor say will be at the desk all night and for Holston to contact him if he changes his mind about the meal in Chapter 2?

4. The narrator says of Holston in Chapter 1, “And he thought, not for the first time, that neither life nor staircase had been meant for” what?

5. How is the staircase that Holston is climbing described in Chapter 1?

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