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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 is the name of Holston’s wife who is deceased?
(a) Paula.
(b) Maria.
(c) Allison.
(d) Elizabeth.

2. How is the staircase that Holston is climbing described in Chapter 1?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Spiral.
(c) Marble.
(d) Muddy.

3. What word in Chapter 3 refers to the state of being no longer needed or useful?
(a) Juggernaut.
(b) Redundancy.
(c) Intrinsic.
(d) Periodical.

4. What word used in Chapter 3 refers to the state of feeling or showing remorse?
(a) Vengeful.
(b) Intrinsic.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Regretful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Allison suggest someone did during the “great uprising—the only one we’ve known about till now” in Chapter 3?

2. What does “IT” stand for in Chapter 3?

3. How long ago does the mayor say the uprising was in Chapter 2?

4. Holston tells Allison in Chapter 3, “If I’ve learned one thing from my job, it’s that no crime or crazy mob is ever all that” what?

5. What rooms are described in Chapter 1 as being filled with “tangles of pipes, like a vast universe”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the lottery ticket that Holston is said to always carry with him in Chapter 1?

2. How is Holston said to relate to his memories of childhood in Chapter 1?

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

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

5. What superstitions from his past does Holston recall in Chapter 1?

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

7. What setting is described at the top of the stairs in Chapter 1?

8. What exchange takes place between Holston and Deputy Marnes in Chapter 1?

9. What does Allison initially point out to Holston in the beginning of Chapter 3?

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

(see the answer keys)

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