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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the underground structure called where the characters of Wool live?
(a) A silo.
(b) A bunker.
(c) A juggernaut.
(d) A subterranean palace.

3. What is said to cling to the boots that Holston is wearing in Chapter 1?
(a) Wood shavings.
(b) Paint.
(c) Melted plastic.
(d) Metal shavings.

4. What word from Chapter 1 refers to the surgical removal of body tissue?
(a) Articulation.
(b) Precision.
(c) Ablation.
(d) Juggernaut.

5. The narrator describes each step in Chapter 1 as being “rounded down like a pouting lip.” What literary technique is used in this example?
(a) Literary allusion.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. The voices that Holston hears as he ascends the staircase in Chapter 1 are described as what?

2. The days of Holston’s childhood are described in Chapter 1 as being over how many years distant?

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

4. Who is described in Chapter 1 as sitting “behind a table arranged with cups of juice and bowls of cornflour cookies”?

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

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