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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom did Holston go on patrol at night with on the second anniversary of Allison’s departure?
(a) Deputy Marnes.
(b) Deputy Conner.
(c) Deputy Percy.
(d) Mayor Jahns.

3. Allison tells Holston in the beginning of Chapter 3 that there was more than one what?
(a) Former dictator.
(b) Nuclear disaster.
(c) Uprising.
(d) Genocide.

4. What color paint is described on the airlock door in Chapter 5?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) White.

5. Where does the narrator say Holston left his wedding ring in Chapter 2?
(a) At his mother’s house.
(b) At his mistress’s house.
(c) On his dresser.
(d) In the holding cell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, along with two staff employees, is holding Allison down on the floor when Holston arrives in the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. What word used in Chapter 5 refers to the act of making a forcefully reproachful protest?

3. What idiom is used in Chapter 3 to refer to a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, by the very terms of the prediction itself, due to positive feedback between belief and behavior?

4. What part of Holston’s mind is described in Chapter 4 as being not “made for this, to be calmly ushered to a death it was perfectly aware of”?

5. What is Holston’s position of employment in the novel?

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