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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where does Holston arrive in a sprint in the opening of Chapter 5?
(a) The library.
(b) The school bus.
(c) The holding cell.
(d) The cafeteria.

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

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

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

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

10. What does Holston recall Allison using to clean with during her cleaning in Chapter 4?
(a) Wool pads.
(b) A bristle broom.
(c) A scrub brush.
(d) A large mop.

11. What does Holston recall Allison doing after finishing her cleaning in Chapter 4?
(a) Screaming hysterically and beating the camera.
(b) Looking into the camera and waving at him.
(c) Breaking the camera and running.
(d) Taking off her helmet and smiling.

12. When Allison indicates to Holston to come sit by her in the holding cell in Chapter 5, he considers briefly before entering that he could receive what punishment for such an action?
(a) He could be put in isolation.
(b) He could be put in prison.
(c) He could be sent to cleaning.
(d) He could be beheaded.

13. 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 well in rural New England.
(c) A concrete ramp leading up.
(d) A spiral staircase leading up.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For how long after Allison’s cleaning does the narrator say Holston “had waited, buying into her insanity, hoping she’d come back” in the opening of Chapter 6?

3. 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?

4. As Holston performs the cleaning in Chapter 6, it dawns on him, “His wife had been right.” In what way was she right?

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

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