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

2. When Allison didn’t return after her cleaning, Holston began to consider doing what, according to the narrator in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Remarrying.
(b) Going out after her.
(c) Calling her father.
(d) Calling his mother.

3. 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 Holston.
(c) For their children.
(d) For the revolution.

4. How many cameras are described atop the tower of the silo in Chapter 6?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

5. Who is the staff employee that corrals Allison’s feet to prevent her from kicking in Chapter 5?
(a) Jack Brent.
(b) Nelson.
(c) Mayor Jahns.
(d) Percy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What part of Holston’s mind is described in Chapter 4 as being not “made for this, to be calmly ushered to a death it was perfectly aware of”?

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

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Holston find in the cafeteria in the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. What is the setting in the opening of Chapter 4? What state is Holston in at the beginning of the chapter?

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

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

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

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

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