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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The low rolling hills that Holston looks at from the holding cell are described as a pretty shade of brown like what?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Peanut butter.
(d) The Mississippi River.

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

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

4. Chapter 3 is described as taking place how many years earlier?
(a) 3 years earlier.
(b) 4 years earlier.
(c) 2 years earlier.
(d) 5 years earlier.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the mayor exits in the end of Chapter 2, she tells Holston, “And I won’t insult you by suggesting” what?

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

3. The days of Holston’s childhood are described in Chapter 1 as being over how many years distant?

4. 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?

5. What does Holston carry with him everywhere, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

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