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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is described in the center of each step as the items that “once gave the treads their grip” in Chapter 1?
(a) Small hearts.
(b) Small spigots.
(c) Small diamonds.
(d) Small trapezoids.

3. Whom does the mayor say will be at the desk all night and for Holston to contact him if he changes his mind about the meal in Chapter 2?
(a) Chief Conner.
(b) Deputy Nelson.
(c) Mayor Clarke.
(d) Deputy Marnes.

4. When the mayor exits in the end of Chapter 2, she tells Holston, “And I won’t insult you by suggesting” what?
(a) “You write a will.”
(b) “You get some sleep.”
(c) “You prepare yourself.”
(d) “You forget about her.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Holston is about to exit the airlock for his cleaning, the narrator notes that the airlock area will be scrubbed clean and ready for the next cleaning by what time in Chapter 6?

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

3. Allison tells Holston in the holding cell in Chapter 5 that she’s seen the programs they use. “The ones that make pictures on the screens that look” what?

4. As Holston performs the cleaning in Chapter 6, it dawns on him, “His wife had been right.” In what way was she right?

5. What does Holston say Marnes’s title is in the end of Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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