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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a pleasing view, especially one seen through a long, narrow opening?
(a) Assemblage.
(b) Vista.
(c) Incumbent.
(d) Partition.

2. What does Holston carry with him everywhere, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) A lottery ticket.
(b) A handgun.
(c) A stapler.
(d) A newspaper clipping.

3. The days of Holston’s childhood are described in Chapter 1 as being over how many years distant?
(a) 30.
(b) 60.
(c) 40.
(d) 50.

4. Who is described in Chapter 1 as sitting “behind a table arranged with cups of juice and bowls of cornflour cookies”?
(a) Peter.
(b) Clarke.
(c) Paul.
(d) Andrew.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Holston’s office is described in Chapter 1 as being between the cafeteria and what?

4. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top?

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

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