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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Allison tells Holston in Chapter 5, “There could be people outside… They could be” doing what?
(a) “Waiting for me.”
(b) “Watching us.”
(c) “Preparing to attack.”
(d) “Planning to kill us.”

2. 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) 2 or 3 feet tall.
(c) 15 or 16 feet tall.
(d) 4 or 5 feet tall.

3. What word from Chapter 4 means incapable of producing any useful result, or pointless?
(a) Methodical.
(b) Precise.
(c) Futile.
(d) Intrinsic.

4. When the airlock doors open and Holston steps out of them in Chapter 6, he finds himself located at the bottom of what?
(a) A staircase that leads endlessly downward.
(b) A concrete ramp leading up.
(c) A well in rural New England.
(d) A spiral staircase leading up.

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

6. What time period is noted in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Present time.
(b) 7 years prior.
(c) 5 years prior.
(d) 3 years prior.

7. How many flights of stairs has Holston just bolted up in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

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

9. What word from Chapter 5 refers to a steel reinforcing rod in concrete?
(a) Bunker.
(b) Ablation.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Rebar.

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

11. 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 library.
(b) The holding cell.
(c) The nursery.
(d) The airlock.

12. Nelson is described in Chapter 4 as holding what position?
(a) Governor.
(b) Head of the cleaning lab.
(c) The assistant deputy.
(d) Mayor.

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

14. What is Nelson dressing Holston in, in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) A white hazard suit.
(b) A blue hazard suit.
(c) A white lab coat.
(d) A pinstriped suit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Allison says to Holston in Chapter 5, “There is no uprising, not really, there’s just” what?

2. What word from Chapter 5 refers to a mathematical determination of the number of something?

3. What is Holston described as wearing underneath the outfit Nelson dresses him in, in Chapter 4?

4. Who handles the procedural work for Allison while Holston paces outside the bars of the holding cell in Chapter 5?

5. What kind of gas is pumped into the airlock after the warning horn in Chapter 6?

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