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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. 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?
(a) The next week.
(b) The next morning.
(c) Noon.
(d) Nightfall.

2. What color paint is described on the airlock door in Chapter 5?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

3. What person who had been sent to cleaning is described in Chapter 4 as having “been belligerent and hostile right up to the end”?
(a) Jack Brent.
(b) Conner.
(c) Donna Parkins.
(d) Mayor Jahns.

4. After Allison finished her cleaning, Holston recalls her walking toward what before collapsing?
(a) An empty school bus on the hill.
(b) A spaceship terminal.
(c) The windows of the silo.
(d) A crumbling city over the horizon.

5. Who, along with two staff employees, is holding Allison down on the floor when Holston arrives in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Donna Parkins.
(b) Conner.
(c) Mayor Jahns.
(d) Nelson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nelson tells Holston in the beginning of Chapter 4 that the outfit he’s being dressed in has what attributes that will give Holston “more time out there than anyone has had before”?

2. What does Holston recall Allison using to clean with during her cleaning in Chapter 4?

3. The narrator states in Chapter 4 that “the silo with hits great screens showing the outside world was usually” in what state during cleanings?

4. Nelson is described in Chapter 4 as holding what position?

5. What is Holston described as wearing underneath the outfit Nelson dresses him in, in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What response does Holston have when Nelson asks him at the end of Chapter 4, “You okay? Anything too tight?”

2. What is the setting and time frame established in the opening of Chapter 6? What is Holston doing in the beginning of the chapter?

3. What is the setting and time frame of Chapter 5? What is Holston doing in the opening of the chapter?

4. How is Holston’s behavior outside of the holding cell described in Chapter 5?

5. What does Holston note about the fear he sees in Nelson’s eyes in Chapter 4?

6. What “forbidden words” does Allison say in Chapter 5? How does Holston respond?

7. How is Allison’s death described in Chapter 4?

8. Where did Holston watch Allison’s cleaning from? What does the narrator say Allison did when she completed the cleaning in Chapter 4?

9. What does Allison initially say to Holston when she begins to talk in the holding cell in Chapter 5?

10. What surroundings does Holston find himself after exiting the silo in Chapter 6?

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