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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years ago was Jack Brent put to cleaning, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) 5.
(b) 19.
(c) 8.
(d) 13.

2. What word from Chapter 2 means not important or significant?
(a) Inconsequential.
(b) Savage.
(c) Ablative.
(d) Incongruous.

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

4. How many years ago does the narrator say Donna Parkins was put to cleaning in Chapter 2?
(a) 12.
(b) 20.
(c) 3.
(d) 15.

5. The narrator says in Chapter 2, “There were larger things to consider than the act of” what?
(a) “Loving.”
(b) “Caring.”
(c) “Cleaning.”
(d) "Dying."

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in Chapter 3 refers to the state of being barred from one’s native country?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. Chapter 3 is described as taking place how many years earlier?

5. What does “IT” stand for in Chapter 3?

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