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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is described in Chapter 1 as sitting “behind a table arranged with cups of juice and bowls of cornflour cookies”?
(a) Paul.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Clarke.
(d) Peter.

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

4. Holston thinks to himself in Chapter 2, “Tomorrow will be my” what?
(a) “Salvation.”
(b) "Revenge."
(c) “Wedding day.”
(d) “Promotion.”

5. What did Holston and his wife keep under the mattress to bring luck for having twins?
(a) 2 dimes.
(b) 2 potatoes.
(c) 2 pennies.
(d) 2 flowers.

6. The days of Holston’s childhood are described in Chapter 1 as being over how many years distant?
(a) 30.
(b) 50.
(c) 60.
(d) 40.

7. What are described in Chapter 2 as “the only books to survive the uprising”?
(a) Children’s books.
(b) Science textbooks.
(c) Religious books.
(d) History books.

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

9. What does “IT” stand for in Chapter 3?
(a) Indication Technician.
(b) Information Technology.
(c) Illiterate Technology.
(d) Internet Theory.

10. How is the staircase that Holston is climbing described in Chapter 1?
(a) Marble.
(b) Plastic.
(c) Spiral.
(d) Muddy.

11. Allison says in Chapter 3 that there was a revolt just about how often?
(a) Every 20 years.
(b) Every 15 years.
(c) Every 4 years.
(d) Every 10 years.

12. What word does Allison use in Chapter 3 to refer to all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively?
(a) Denouement.
(b) Generation.
(c) Articulation.
(d) Juggernaut.

13. 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?
(a) Literary allusion.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Simile.
(d) Assonance.

14. The voices that Holston hears as he ascends the staircase in Chapter 1 are described as what?
(a) Booms.
(b) Screams.
(c) Rasps.
(d) Trills.

15. What word from Chapter 1 refers to the surgical removal of body tissue?
(a) Ablation.
(b) Juggernaut.
(c) Precision.
(d) Articulation.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Chapter 3 is described as taking place how many years earlier?

3. In the conclusion of Chapter 3, the narrator states that Holston’s “wife was poking some great, overly full balloon with” what?

4. What is the name of the deputy that greets Holston in his office in Chapter 1?

5. What word from Chapter 1 means not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings of other aspects of something?

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