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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 does Allison use in Chapter 3 to refer to all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively?
(a) Articulation.
(b) Juggernaut.
(c) Denouement.
(d) Generation.

2. What word in Chapter 3 refers to a serious disagreement or argument?
(a) Ablation.
(b) Genocide.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Precision.

3. What word does Allison use in Chapter 3 to describe her supposition intended to the explain past events?
(a) Ablation.
(b) Theory.
(c) Juggernaut.
(d) Law.

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

5. 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?
(a) “Walking upon.”
(b) “The footprints of babes.”
(c) “Such an existence.”
(d) “The final days.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in Chapter 2, “There were larger things to consider than the act of” what?

2. What is said to cling to the boots that Holston is wearing in Chapter 1?

3. Whom does the mayor say will be at the desk all night and for Holston to contact him if he changes his mind about the meal in Chapter 2?

4. What is the mayor’s name in Chapter 2?

5. The narrator describes each step in Chapter 1 as being “rounded down like a pouting lip.” What literary technique is used in this example?

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