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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The word “gyre” used in Chapter 5 refers to what kind of shape?
(a) A hexagon.
(b) A cube.
(c) A spiral.
(d) A sphere.

2. 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 her father.
(b) Going out after her.
(c) Remarrying.
(d) Calling his mother.

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

4. 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) No one.
(d) Mayor Jahns.

5. 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) “The lives of the children?”
(b) “A loss of power, of control?”
(c) “The meaning of existence?”
(d) “Another revolt of the people?”

6. Whom did Holston go on patrol at night with on the second anniversary of Allison’s departure?
(a) Mayor Jahns.
(b) Deputy Percy.
(c) Deputy Marnes.
(d) Deputy Conner.

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

8. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a habitual gesture of way of speaking or behaving?
(a) Mannerism.
(b) Juggernaut.
(c) Ablation.
(d) Articulation.

9. Upon observing his wife’s state in Chapter 5, Holston considers, “There was nothing left for it but to lock her up, even as he wanted nothing else but room enough to” do what?
(a) “Scream.”
(b) “Think things through.”
(c) “Beat the walls.”
(d) “Weep.”

10. Holston wonders as he is being dressed by Nelson in Chapter 4 why the others have always complied when in this position. “Holston thought maybe that people went along because” of what reason?
(a) “They couldn’t believe it was happening.”
(b) “They believed that they deserved it.”
(c) “They believed they would find a way to escape.”
(d) “They wanted revenge.”

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

12. Allison tells Holston in the holding cell in Chapter 5 that she’s seen the programs they use. “The ones that make pictures on the screens that look” what?
(a) “So blue.”
(b) “So bleak.”
(c) “So brown.”
(d) “So real.”

13. 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) “Emotional.”
(b) “Packed.”
(c) “Rancorous.”
(d) “Empty.”

14. 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”?
(a) “The analytical part of his mind.”
(b) “The animal part of his mind.”
(c) “The vulnerable part of his mind.”
(d) “The rational part of his mind.”

15. When Nelson and Holston first make eye contact in Chapter 4, Holston notes that Nelson looks fearful. What does Holston believe Nelson is afraid of?
(a) That he will kill everyone in the silo.
(b) That he will not do the cleaning.
(c) That he will call his father.
(d) That he will commit suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Holston recalls watching his wife get dressed for her cleaning through what, in Chapter 4?

2. What word from Chapter 4 refers to someone who has been found guilty of a criminal act or wrong?

3. How many flights of stairs has Holston just bolted up in the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. What does Allison say she wants to do when Holston tries talking to her as she’s detained on the floor in Chapter 5?

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

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