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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 Nelson dressing Holston in, in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) A blue hazard suit.
(b) A white hazard suit.
(c) A pinstriped suit.
(d) A white lab coat.

2. Holston recalls watching his wife get dressed for her cleaning through what, in Chapter 4?
(a) The airlock’s porthole.
(b) The bathroom curtain.
(c) The security cameras.
(d) The attic window.

3. What word used in Chapter 6 means to make something continue indefinitely, such as an undesirable situation?
(a) Perpetuate.
(b) Articulate.
(c) Assonance.
(d) Retrieval.

4. As Holston performs the cleaning of the silo cameras in Chapter 6, the narrator notes that “it wasn’t the feeling of betrayal that guided the wool in his hand in small circular motions. It was” what?
(a) “Love.”
(b) “Responsibility.”
(c) “Pity.”
(d) “Fear.”

5. What is said to cause the metal groan that Holston hears as he prepares to exit for cleaning in Chapter 6?
(a) The cyborg children.
(b) Pistons in the walls.
(c) The computer system crashing.
(d) Robots outside the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Allison say she wants to do when Holston tries talking to her as she’s detained on the floor in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

5. During what time period does Chapter 5 take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Allison tell Holston she will return to the silo in Chapter 5?

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

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

4. What changes take place in the airlock as the time nears for Holston’s departure in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Holston recall of Allison’s preparations to depart for her cleaning in Chapter 4?

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

(see the answer keys)

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