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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Allison whisper from the darkened corner of her cell after hours of complete silence in Chapter 5?
(a) “It’s not real.”
(b) “I forgot.”
(c) “I love you.”
(d) “I need out.”

2. As Holston considers the reasoning behind the difference in how the world actually looks and how it is portrayed inside the silo in Chapter 6, he wonders, “Could someone have decided that the truth was worse than” what?
(a) “Another revolt of the people?”
(b) “The meaning of existence?”
(c) “A loss of power, of control?”
(d) “The lives of the children?”

3. On what floor of the silo is the dirt farm where Holston’s parents were sent after their deaths?
(a) The 8th floor.
(b) The 5th floor.
(c) The 15th floor.
(d) The 3rd floor.

4. What is said to cause the metal groan that Holston hears as he prepares to exit for cleaning in Chapter 6?
(a) The computer system crashing.
(b) The cyborg children.
(c) Pistons in the walls.
(d) Robots outside the room.

5. Nelson tells Holston in the beginning of Chapter 4 that the outfit he’s being dressed in has what attributes that will give Holston “more time out there than anyone has had before”?
(a) A second spray-on lining.
(b) A chain-mail exterior.
(c) An aragonite helmet.
(d) Kevlar boots.

6. What word from Chapter 6 means to destroy something (especially waste material) by burning?
(a) Ablation.
(b) Incinerate.
(c) Retribution.
(d) Polymer.

7. When Holston looks back at the silo from the outside in Chapter 6, “All that stood behind him was a small mound of concrete, a tower” no more than how many feet tall?
(a) 8 or 9 feet tall.
(b) 15 or 16 feet tall.
(c) 2 or 3 feet tall.
(d) 4 or 5 feet tall.

8. When Allison didn’t return after her cleaning, Holston began to consider doing what, according to the narrator in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Calling his mother.
(b) Calling her father.
(c) Remarrying.
(d) Going out after her.

9. What word used in Chapter 6 means to make something continue indefinitely, such as an undesirable situation?
(a) Articulate.
(b) Retrieval.
(c) Assonance.
(d) Perpetuate.

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

11. Holston’s brain is described as being numb from lack of what in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Oxygen.
(b) Carbon Monoxide.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Sunshine.

12. Who handles the procedural work for Allison while Holston paces outside the bars of the holding cell in Chapter 5?
(a) Clarke and Donna Parkins.
(b) Deputy Marnes and Mayor Jahns.
(c) Percy and Deputy Marnes.
(d) Nelson and Conner.

13. What word from Chapter 4 refers to the state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect?
(a) Corrupted.
(b) Dilapidated.
(c) Ablative.
(d) Intrinsic.

14. What word from Chapter 5 refers to a mathematical determination of the number of something?
(a) Articulation.
(b) Ablation.
(c) Juggernaut.
(d) Calculation.

15. What does Holston recall Allison clutching as she collapsed after her cleaning in Chapter 4?
(a) Her oxygen tank.
(b) Her boots.
(c) Her gloves.
(d) Her helmet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in Chapter 5 means to engage in plots and intrigues or to scheme?

2. What time period is noted in the beginning of Chapter 6?

3. Allison tells Holston in Chapter 5 that “every uprising took place because of this doubt, this feeling, that we’re” what?

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 does Holston grab above him in order to pull himself to a standing position as Nelson dresses him in Chapter 4?

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