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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many cameras are described atop the tower of the silo in Chapter 6?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. What word used in Chapter 5 refers to the act of making a forcefully reproachful protest?
(a) Ablation.
(b) Articulation.
(c) Juggernaut.
(d) Remonstration.

5. What does Holston grab above him in order to pull himself to a standing position as Nelson dresses him in Chapter 4?
(a) “An anvil.”
(b) “A hanging rack.”
(c) “A trapeze-like bar.”
(d) “A coat-rack.”

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 5, the narrator says, “The enormous pent-up pressure of the place was now hissing through the seams in whispers.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?
(a) Personification.
(b) Religious allusion.
(c) Plagiarism.
(d) Antagonism.

10. 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.

11. 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) 2 or 3 feet tall.
(b) 8 or 9 feet tall.
(c) 4 or 5 feet tall.
(d) 15 or 16 feet tall.

12. How are the curtains described in Chapter 6 that cover the interior of the airlock?
(a) “Black, sooty curtains.”
(b) “Pristine floral curtains.”
(c) “Heavy, dark draperies.”
(d) “Sacrificial plastic curtains.”

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

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

15. The narrator describes the second anniversary of Allison’s departure as Holston’s year of what, in Chapter 6?
(a) Articulation.
(b) Ablation.
(c) Cowardice.
(d) Precision.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Holston is about to exit the airlock for his cleaning, the narrator notes that the airlock area will be scrubbed clean and ready for the next cleaning by what time in Chapter 6?

2. Whom does Holston believe is watching him from the cafeteria and/or lounge as he performs the cleaning in Chapter 6?

3. Allison tells Holston in Chapter 5, “There could be people outside… They could be” doing what?

4. Allison tells Holston that once she is released for the cleaning the next day, she will return for what, in Chapter 5?

5. The narrator describes the hissing of a canister as what substance is loaded into the flushing chambers in Chapter 5?

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