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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator say Holston left his wedding ring in Chapter 2?
(a) On his dresser.
(b) In the holding cell.
(c) At his mistress’s house.
(d) At his mother’s house.

3. Whom does Holston see picking up scattered chalk and crayons from the stained tiles at the top of the stairs in Chapter 1?
(a) Donna.
(b) Michelle.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Andrea.

4. What word from Chapter 4 means incapable of producing any useful result, or pointless?
(a) Methodical.
(b) Futile.
(c) Precise.
(d) Intrinsic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a road or path forming a route between two places?

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

3. After Allison finished her cleaning, Holston recalls her walking toward what before collapsing?

4. In describing the stairway in Chapter 1, the narrator says, “Each step was slightly bowed from” what?

5. The narrator states in Chapter 3 that Holston’s “wife was a wizard with computers, no doubt, but” what “was not her bag, it was his”?

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