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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 word from Chapter 5 refers to a steel reinforcing rod in concrete?
(a) Rebar.
(b) Ablation.
(c) Bunker.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

2. When the airlock doors open and Holston steps out of them in Chapter 6, he finds himself located at the bottom of what?
(a) A concrete ramp leading up.
(b) A well in rural New England.
(c) A staircase that leads endlessly downward.
(d) A spiral staircase leading up.

3. Allison tells Holston in Chapter 5 that “every uprising took place because of this doubt, this feeling, that we’re” what?
(a) “Being held prisoner.”
(b) “In the bad place right here.”
(c) “Weaker than we seem.”
(d) “The bad people.”

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

5. 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) Conner.
(c) Mayor Jahns.
(d) Donna Parkins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 6 refers to a plant or substance that is capable of causing death or illness if taking into the body?

2. What does Allison whisper from the darkened corner of her cell after hours of complete silence in Chapter 5?

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. Allison tells Holston in the holding cell in Chapter 5 that she’s seen the programs they use. “The ones that make pictures on the screens that look” what?

5. What word from Chapter 4 refers to the state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect?

Short Essay Questions

1. What instructions does Nelson give to Holston in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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