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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Holston say Marnes’s title is in the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Police Chief.
(c) Deputy.
(d) Sheriff.

2. 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?
(a) Spire.
(b) Hexagon.
(c) Cyclone.
(d) Pyramid.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 2 means not important or significant?

2. What did Holston and his wife keep under the mattress to bring luck for having twins?

3. How many years does Holston say it’s been since he served his wife her last meal in the holding cell in Chapter 2?

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

5. What is described in the center of each step as the items that “once gave the treads their grip” in Chapter 1?

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