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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 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.

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

3. What did Holston and his wife hang over their bed to increase fertility?
(a) Pennies.
(b) Garlic.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Potatoes.

4. What word from Chapter 1 means to oscillate or move rhythmically and steadily to and fro?
(a) Juggernaut.
(b) Expel.
(c) Vibrate.
(d) Coalesce.

5. What word from Chapter 1 means not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings of other aspects of something?
(a) Incongruous.
(b) Intrinsic.
(c) Mechanical.
(d) Methodical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the deputy that greets Holston in his office in Chapter 1?

2. What is said to cling to the boots that Holston is wearing in Chapter 1?

3. What is the name of Holston’s wife who is deceased?

4. What does the narrator say Holston and his wife had “invited into their lives” in Chapter 1?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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