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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 4 refers to the state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect?
(a) Ablative.
(b) Corrupted.
(c) Dilapidated.
(d) Intrinsic.

2. The narrator describes the sky in Chapter 2 as “the same dull gray of” what?
(a) “The ocean.”
(b) “Poppy flowers.”
(c) “His childhood.”
(d) “The smoke from a train.”

3. What is Holston described as wearing underneath the outfit Nelson dresses him in, in Chapter 4?
(a) A flannel undersuit.
(b) A black carbon undersuit.
(c) A red plaid plastic undersuit.
(d) A white cotton undersuit.

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

5. In describing the stairway in Chapter 1, the narrator says, “Each step was slightly bowed from” what?
(a) “The constant wearing by soldiers.”
(b) "Tears of crocodiles."
(c) “Generations of traffic.”
(d) “The endless earthquakes.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in Chapter 3 refers to a serious disagreement or argument?

2. What did Holston and his wife hang over their bed to increase fertility?

3. The days of Holston’s childhood are described in Chapter 1 as being over how many years distant?

4. Whom does Holston see picking up scattered chalk and crayons from the stained tiles at the top of the stairs in Chapter 1?

5. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a pleasing view, especially one seen through a long, narrow opening?

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