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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kinds of gardens are described as growing in the silo in Chapter 1?
(a) Fluoride gardens.
(b) Hydroponic gardens.
(c) Aeroponic gardens.
(d) Geoponic gardens.

2. Chapter 3 is described as taking place how many years earlier?
(a) 5 years earlier.
(b) 3 years earlier.
(c) 2 years earlier.
(d) 4 years earlier.

3. The divisions of dormitories that Holston passes as he makes his way up the staircase in Chapter 1 are described as being shaped like what?
(a) Hexagon-shaped.
(b) Box-shaped.
(c) Diamond-shaped.
(d) Pie-shaped.

4. What are described in Chapter 1 as “the widest rooms of the entire silo complex”?
(a) The dormitories and the atrium.
(b) The cafeteria and lounge.
(c) The nursery and the gardens.
(d) The cellar and the attic.

5. What were the children doing “while Holston climbed to his death” in Chapter 1?
(a) “The children were screaming.”
(b) “The children were weeping.”
(c) “The children were playing.”
(d) “The children were shooting.”

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, the narrator describes the “tight confines” of the stairway as “threading through the buried silo like a straw in a glass.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?

2. What did Holston and his wife hang over their bed to increase fertility?

3. What is the name of Holston’s wife who is deceased?

4. Whom does the mayor say will be at the desk all night and for Holston to contact him if he changes his mind about the meal in Chapter 2?

5. When the narrator says that Holston feels pressure to find someone to send to cleaning in Chapter 3, it is stated, “It was growing, like steam building up in the silo, ready to launch something out.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mayor Jahns’s demeanor described when she meets with Holston in Chapter 2?

2. What “traitorous” notion does Allison present as a reason for the servers being wiped in Chapter 3?

3. What is one example the use of simile in Chapter 1? What purpose does this example serve?

4. What is the theory that Allison presents to Holston in Chapter 3?

5. What thoughts does Holston have regarding the pixels in Chapter 2?

6. What theory does Holston reach about the wiped servers in Chapter 3?

7. What is an example of the use of literary repetition in Chapter 1? What purpose does this example serve?

8. How is the act of “cleaning” defined in the novel?

9. What does Allison’s work involve, as revealed in Chapter 3?

10. How does the setting of the novel transition in Chapter 3?

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