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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Holston carry with him everywhere, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) A newspaper clipping.
(b) A stapler.
(c) A handgun.
(d) A lottery ticket.

2. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a systematic or established manner?
(a) Intrinsic.
(b) Methodical.
(c) Formative.
(d) Coalesced.

3. How long ago does the mayor say the uprising was in Chapter 2?
(a) Six decades ago.
(b) Two decades ago.
(c) A century and a half ago.
(d) A half of a century ago.

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

5. How many years ago was Jack Brent put to cleaning, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) 5.
(b) 13.
(c) 8.
(d) 19.

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

7. What is the mayor’s name in Chapter 2?
(a) Mayor Percy.
(b) Mayor Jahns.
(c) Mayor Nelson.
(d) Mayor Parkins.

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

9. What were the children doing “while Holston climbed to his death” in Chapter 1?
(a) “The children were shooting.”
(b) “The children were screaming.”
(c) “The children were weeping.”
(d) “The children were playing.”

10. What rooms are described in Chapter 1 as being filled with “tangles of pipes, like a vast universe”?
(a) Airlock chambers.
(b) Torture rooms.
(c) Purification rooms.
(d) Reading rooms.

11. What is Holston surrounded by in his condo in Chapter 3?
(a) Dresses.
(b) Pots and pans.
(c) Work files.
(d) Winter coats.

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

13. The narrator states in Chapter 3 that Holston’s “wife was a wizard with computers, no doubt, but” what “was not her bag, it was his”?
(a) “Auto repair.”
(b) “Cooking.”
(c) “Cleaning.”
(d) “Sleuthing.”

14. What is the name of Holston’s wife who is deceased?
(a) Paula.
(b) Maria.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Allison.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a person who betrays a friend, country, or principle?

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

4. What is the mayor wearing when she appears at the holding cell in Chapter 2?

5. Where does the narrator say Holston left his wedding ring in Chapter 2?

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