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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Holston’s wife who is deceased?
(a) Maria.
(b) Paula.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Allison.

2. The narrator says of Holston in Chapter 1, “And he thought, not for the first time, that neither life nor staircase had been meant for” what?
(a) “The footprints of babes.”
(b) “The final days.”
(c) “Such an existence.”
(d) “Walking upon.”

3. What does Allison suggest someone did during the “great uprising—the only one we’ve known about till now” in Chapter 3?
(a) Created the child lottery.
(b) Invented computer programs.
(c) Wiped the servers.
(d) Destroyed the earth with nuclear power.

4. How long ago does the mayor say the uprising was in Chapter 2?
(a) A half of a century ago.
(b) A century and a half ago.
(c) Two decades ago.
(d) Six decades ago.

5. What kinds of gardens are described as growing in the silo in Chapter 1?
(a) Geoponic gardens.
(b) Hydroponic gardens.
(c) Fluoride gardens.
(d) Aeroponic gardens.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Allison say she’s already published “on how to retrieve deleted and overwritten files” in Chapter 3?

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

4. What word in Chapter 3 refers to the state of being no longer needed or useful?

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?

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