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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) “Such an existence.”
(b) “Walking upon.”
(c) “The final days.”
(d) “The footprints of babes.”

2. The divisions of dormitories that Holston passes as he makes his way up the staircase in Chapter 1 are described as being shaped like what?
(a) Pie-shaped.
(b) Diamond-shaped.
(c) Box-shaped.
(d) Hexagon-shaped.

3. Whose son bumps into Holston’s knees at the top of the stairs in Chapter 1?
(a) Sharon’s son.
(b) Paula’s son.
(c) Allison’s son.
(d) Susan’s son.

4. The voices that Holston hears as he ascends the staircase in Chapter 1 are described as what?
(a) Trills.
(b) Screams.
(c) Booms.
(d) Rasps.

5. In Chapter 1, the narrator describes the “tight confines” of the stairway as “threading through the buried silo like a straw in a glass.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?
(a) Denouement.
(b) Assonance.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a systematic or established manner?

2. What did Holston and his wife hang over their bed to increase fertility?

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

4. What word from Chapter 1 means to oscillate or move rhythmically and steadily to and fro?

5. What is the underground structure called where the characters of Wool live?

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