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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years ago does the narrator say Donna Parkins was put to cleaning in Chapter 2?
(a) 12.
(b) 20.
(c) 3.
(d) 15.

2. Holston thinks to himself in Chapter 2, “Tomorrow will be my” what?
(a) “Wedding day.”
(b) “Salvation.”
(c) “Promotion.”
(d) "Revenge."

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

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) Andrew.
(c) Paul.
(d) Clarke.

5. What is Holston’s position of employment in the novel?
(a) Postman.
(b) Sheriff.
(c) Butcher.
(d) Judge.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says of Holston in Chapter 2, “He continued to see inevitable events from the past as” what?

2. When the narrator says that Holston feels pressure to find someone to send to cleaning in Chapter 3, it is stated, “It was growing, like steam building up in the silo, ready to launch something out.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?

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

4. The narrator says in Chapter 2, “There were larger things to consider than the act of” what?

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

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