1. What time period is Chapter 4 said to take place in?
(a) 4 years prior.
(b) 3 years prior.
(c) 6 years prior.
(d) Present time.

2. What time period is noted in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) 7 years prior.
(b) 5 years prior.
(c) 3 years prior.
(d) Present time.

3. What does Allison say to Holston “is always good” in Chapter 3?
(a) “Challenging authority.”
(b) “Knowing the truth.”
(c) “Respect for authority.”
(d) “Loving one another.”

4. What does Allison say she’s already published “on how to retrieve deleted and overwritten files” in Chapter 3?
(a) “A white paper.”
(b) “An official dossier.”
(c) “A blue paper.”
(d) “A green paper.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator says that Holston feels pressure to find someone to send to cleaning in Chapter 3, it is stated, “It was growing, like steam building up in the silo, ready to launch something out.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?

2. Chapter 3 is described as taking place how many years earlier?

3. What is said to cause the metal groan that Holston hears as he prepares to exit for cleaning in Chapter 6?

4. How long ago does the mayor say the uprising was in Chapter 2?

5. What word from Chapter 5 refers to a mathematical determination of the number of something?

(see the answer key)

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