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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. 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 concrete ramp leading up.
(b) A staircase that leads endlessly downward.
(c) A spiral staircase leading up.
(d) A well in rural New England.

2. What word from Chapter 5 refers to a mathematical determination of the number of something?
(a) Ablation.
(b) Calculation.
(c) Articulation.
(d) Juggernaut.

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

4. Holston wonders as he is being dressed by Nelson in Chapter 4 why the others have always complied when in this position. “Holston thought maybe that people went along because” of what reason?
(a) “They believed they would find a way to escape.”
(b) “They couldn’t believe it was happening.”
(c) “They believed that they deserved it.”
(d) “They wanted revenge.”

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

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 color paint is described on the airlock door in Chapter 5?

3. What word from Chapter 4 means incapable of producing any useful result, or pointless?

4. What is said to cause the metal groan that Holston hears as he prepares to exit for cleaning in Chapter 6?

5. How are the curtains described in Chapter 6 that cover the interior of the airlock?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Holston’s entering the holding cell a dangerous action in Chapter 5? Why does he commit this action?

4. What does Holston do after performing the cleaning duty in Chapter 6?

5. Why does Holston make the decision to keep on his helmet as he departs in Chapter 6?

6. How would you describe Holston’s emotional state in the end of Chapter 6?

7. What conclusions Holston make upon taking in the surroundings of the outer world in Chapter 6?

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

9. Whom does Allison believe to be responsible for keeping secrets in Chapter 5?

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

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