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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 1, “That always amazed [Holston]: how centuries of bare palms and shuffling feet could wear down” what?
(a) “Solid steel.”
(b) “Solid earth.”
(c) “Solid concrete.”
(d) “Solid iron.”

2. Holston’s office is described in Chapter 1 as being between the cafeteria and what?
(a) The airlock.
(b) The zoo.
(c) The nursery.
(d) The schoolroom.

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

4. What is the mayor’s name in Chapter 2?
(a) Mayor Nelson.
(b) Mayor Jahns.
(c) Mayor Parkins.
(d) Mayor Percy.

5. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a person who betrays a friend, country, or principle?
(a) Denouement.
(b) Traitor.
(c) Ablation.
(d) Polymer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Holston says to his wife in Chapter 3, “You’re saying that someone wiped out our history to stop us from” what?

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

3. How many years is Holston said to have “spent silently waiting for what would never come” in Chapter 1?

4. What were the children doing “while Holston climbed to his death” in Chapter 1?

5. What is described as “the only moving feature on the landscape” in Chapter 2?

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