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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 2 means cruel and vicious?
(a) Ablative.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Intrinsic.
(d) Savage.

2. In the conclusion of Chapter 3, the narrator states that Holston’s “wife was poking some great, overly full balloon with” what?
(a) “A needle.”
(b) “A dagger.”
(c) “A sword.”
(d) “A broomstick.”

3. What does Holston carry with him everywhere, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) A handgun.
(b) A lottery ticket.
(c) A newspaper clipping.
(d) A stapler.

4. Allison says in Chapter 3 that there was a revolt just about how often?
(a) Every 15 years.
(b) Every 4 years.
(c) Every 10 years.
(d) Every 20 years.

5. When the mayor exits in the end of Chapter 2, she tells Holston, “And I won’t insult you by suggesting” what?
(a) “You prepare yourself.”
(b) “You get some sleep.”
(c) “You write a will.”
(d) “You forget about her.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a systematic or established manner?

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

3. What word from Chapter 2 means not important or significant?

4. What does Allison suggest someone did during the “great uprising—the only one we’ve known about till now” in Chapter 3?

5. What word does Allison use in Chapter 3 to refer to all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively?

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