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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of Holston, the narrator says in Chapter 2, “He pretended not to care, to be disinterested in” what?
(a) “The past of the cleaning.”
(b) “The how of the cleaning.”
(c) “The why of the cleaning.”
(d) “The when of the cleaning.”

2. Allison says to Holston in Chapter 5, “There is no uprising, not really, there’s just” what?
(a) “Truth.”
(b) “A gradual leak.”
(c) “People who need out.”
(d) “A coup.”

3. When Nelson and Holston first make eye contact in Chapter 4, Holston notes that Nelson looks fearful. What does Holston believe Nelson is afraid of?
(a) That he will commit suicide.
(b) That he will call his father.
(c) That he will not do the cleaning.
(d) That he will kill everyone in the silo.

4. What word in Chapter 3 refers to the state of being no longer needed or useful?
(a) Juggernaut.
(b) Redundancy.
(c) Intrinsic.
(d) Periodical.

5. The narrator says of Holston in Chapter 2, “He continued to see inevitable events from the past as” what?
(a) “Avoidable.”
(b) “Meaningful.”
(c) “Important.”
(d) “Accountable.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 4 refers to someone who has been found guilty of a criminal act or wrong?

2. When the narrator says that Holston feels pressure to find someone to send to cleaning in Chapter 3, it is stated, “It was growing, like steam building up in the silo, ready to launch something out.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?

3. How many flights of stairs has Holston just bolted up in the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 1, the narrator describes the “tight confines” of the stairway as “threading through the buried silo like a straw in a glass.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?

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

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