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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 pinstriped suit.
(c) A white lab coat.
(d) A white hazard suit.

2. Nelson is described in Chapter 4 as holding what position?
(a) Governor.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Head of the cleaning lab.
(d) The assistant deputy.

3. Who, along with two staff employees, is holding Allison down on the floor when Holston arrives in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Nelson.
(b) Donna Parkins.
(c) Mayor Jahns.
(d) Conner.

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

5. What does Allison whisper from the darkened corner of her cell after hours of complete silence in Chapter 5?
(a) “It’s not real.”
(b) “I need out.”
(c) “I forgot.”
(d) “I love you.”

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Holston recalls watching his wife get dressed for her cleaning through what, in Chapter 4?

5. What word from Chapter 5 refers to a mathematical determination of the number of something?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Allison initially say to Holston when she begins to talk in the holding cell in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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