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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Allison suggest someone did during the “great uprising—the only one we’ve known about till now” in Chapter 3?
(a) Invented computer programs.
(b) Wiped the servers.
(c) Created the child lottery.
(d) Destroyed the earth with nuclear power.

2. Holston is described in Chapter 1 as being determined to do what?
(a) Die.
(b) Kill his boss.
(c) Find his wife.
(d) Get revenge.

3. What is the mayor wearing when she appears at the holding cell in Chapter 2?
(a) A pinstriped suit.
(b) A hazard suit.
(c) Coveralls.
(d) A blue dress.

4. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a pleasing view, especially one seen through a long, narrow opening?
(a) Assemblage.
(b) Incumbent.
(c) Partition.
(d) Vista.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described as “the only moving feature on the landscape” in Chapter 2?

2. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top?

3. 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?

4. How many years ago does the narrator say Donna Parkins was put to cleaning in Chapter 2?

5. What is described in the center of each step as the items that “once gave the treads their grip” in Chapter 1?

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