View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many flights of stairs has Holston just bolted up in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

3. Holston tells Allison in Chapter 3, “If I’ve learned one thing from my job, it’s that no crime or crazy mob is ever all that” what?
(a) “Powerful.”
(b) “Original.”
(c) “Just.”
(d) “Historical.”

4. When Allison indicates to Holston to come sit by her in the holding cell in Chapter 5, he considers briefly before entering that he could receive what punishment for such an action?
(a) He could be put in prison.
(b) He could be beheaded.
(c) He could be put in isolation.
(d) He could be sent to cleaning.

5. What word from Chapter 2 refers to a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Predicament.
(c) Ablation.
(d) Juggernaut.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator states in Chapter 4 that “the silo with hits great screens showing the outside world was usually” in what state during cleanings?

3. Holston is described as having NOT done what the entire time he watched Allison die in Chapter 4?

4. What word from Chapter 4 means incapable of producing any useful result, or pointless?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 246 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample