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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Holston believe is watching him from the cafeteria and/or lounge as he performs the cleaning in Chapter 6?
(a) Clarke.
(b) Deputy Marnes.
(c) Mayor Jahns.
(d) No one.

2. What word from Chapter 4 refers to someone who has been found guilty of a criminal act or wrong?
(a) The omniscient.
(b) The forgiven.
(c) The enchanted.
(d) The condemned.

3. Holston is described as having NOT done what the entire time he watched Allison die in Chapter 4?
(a) Moving.
(b) Crying.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Staying still.

4. 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) “A loss of power, of control?”
(c) “The meaning of existence?”
(d) “The lives of the children?”

5. What color helmet does Holston recall Allison wearing during her cleaning in Chapter 4?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Silver.

6. One of the staff employees tells Holston in the beginning of Chapter 5 that Allison was detained because she made a rush for what room?
(a) The holding cell.
(b) The library.
(c) The airlock.
(d) The nursery.

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

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

9. Allison says to Holston in Chapter 5, “There is no uprising, not really, there’s just” what?
(a) “Truth.”
(b) “A gradual leak.”
(c) “A coup.”
(d) “People who need out.”

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

11. The narrator states in Chapter 4 that “the silo with hits great screens showing the outside world was usually” in what state during cleanings?
(a) “Rancorous.”
(b) “Emotional.”
(c) “Empty.”
(d) “Packed.”

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

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

14. Holston recalls watching his wife get dressed for her cleaning through what, in Chapter 4?
(a) The airlock’s porthole.
(b) The bathroom curtain.
(c) The security cameras.
(d) The attic window.

15. What word from Chapter 6 refers to a plant or substance that is capable of causing death or illness if taking into the body?
(a) Poisonous.
(b) Peripheral.
(c) Incendiary.
(d) Calsonic.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Holston performs the cleaning of the silo cameras in Chapter 6, the narrator notes that “it wasn’t the feeling of betrayal that guided the wool in his hand in small circular motions. It was” what?

2. What word from Chapter 6 refers to a strong and fast-moving stream of water or liquid?

3. After Allison finished her cleaning, Holston recalls her walking toward what before collapsing?

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

5. 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?

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