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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. Allison tells Holston that once she is released for the cleaning the next day, she will return for what, in Chapter 5?
(a) For the spaceship.
(b) For the revolution.
(c) For their children.
(d) For Holston.

2. Where does Holston arrive in a sprint in the opening of Chapter 5?
(a) The school bus.
(b) The holding cell.
(c) The cafeteria.
(d) The library.

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

4. Upon observing his wife’s state in Chapter 5, Holston considers, “There was nothing left for it but to lock her up, even as he wanted nothing else but room enough to” do what?
(a) “Think things through.”
(b) “Weep.”
(c) “Scream.”
(d) “Beat the walls.”

5. What color overwhelms the surroundings of the world outside the silo when Holston exits for his cleaning in Chapter 6?
(a) Brown.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used in Chapter 6 means to make something continue indefinitely, such as an undesirable situation?

2. What does Holston recall Allison clutching as she collapsed after her cleaning in Chapter 4?

3. 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?

4. For how long after Allison’s cleaning does the narrator say Holston “had waited, buying into her insanity, hoping she’d come back” in the opening of Chapter 6?

5. Who handles the procedural work for Allison while Holston paces outside the bars of the holding cell in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Nelson’s position in the story? What does he tell Holston in the beginning of Chapter 4?

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

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

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

9. How are Holston’s memories of the second anniversary of Allison’s departure described in Chapter 6?

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

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