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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Holston tells Allison in Chapter 3, “If I’ve learned one thing from my job, it’s that no crime or crazy mob is ever all that” what?
(a) “Original.”
(b) “Powerful.”
(c) “Just.”
(d) “Historical.”

2. What word used in Chapter 3 refers to the state of feeling or showing remorse?
(a) Vengeful.
(b) Intrinsic.
(c) Regretful.
(d) Articulate.

3. What is Holston surrounded by in his condo in Chapter 3?
(a) Work files.
(b) Pots and pans.
(c) Dresses.
(d) Winter coats.

4. What word in Chapter 3 refers to the state of being barred from one’s native country?
(a) Genocide.
(b) Exile.
(c) Assonance.
(d) Retrieval.

5. Whose son bumps into Holston’s knees at the top of the stairs in Chapter 1?
(a) Paula’s son.
(b) Sharon’s son.
(c) Susan’s son.
(d) Allison’s son.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How is the staircase that Holston is climbing described in Chapter 1?

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

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

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