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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 color helmet does Holston recall Allison wearing during her cleaning in Chapter 4?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Silver.

2. Who handles the procedural work for Allison while Holston paces outside the bars of the holding cell in Chapter 5?
(a) Deputy Marnes and Mayor Jahns.
(b) Clarke and Donna Parkins.
(c) Nelson and Conner.
(d) Percy and Deputy Marnes.

3. What word from Chapter 4 means incapable of producing any useful result, or pointless?
(a) Futile.
(b) Precise.
(c) Methodical.
(d) Intrinsic.

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

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) Nelson.
(d) Mayor Jahns.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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”?

3. Allison tells Holston that once she is released for the cleaning the next day, she will return for what, in Chapter 5?

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

5. What does Holston recall Allison doing after finishing her cleaning in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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