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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. The word “gyre” used in Chapter 5 refers to what kind of shape?
(a) A spiral.
(b) A hexagon.
(c) A cube.
(d) A sphere.
2. What color paint is described on the airlock door in Chapter 5?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.
3. What does Holston recall Allison clutching as she collapsed after her cleaning in Chapter 4?
(a) Her gloves.
(b) Her helmet.
(c) Her oxygen tank.
(d) Her boots.
4. What word from Chapter 4 means incapable of producing any useful result, or pointless?
(a) Methodical.
(b) Futile.
(c) Precise.
(d) Intrinsic.
5. When Nelson and Holston first make eye contact in Chapter 4, Holston notes that Nelson looks fearful. What does Holston believe Nelson is afraid of?
(a) That he will call his father.
(b) That he will commit suicide.
(c) That he will kill everyone in the silo.
(d) That he will not do the cleaning.
Short Answer Questions
1. As Holston performs the cleaning of the silo cameras in Chapter 6, the narrator notes that “it wasn’t the feeling of betrayal that guided the wool in his hand in small circular motions. It was” what?
2. What word from Chapter 6 means to destroy something (especially waste material) by burning?
3. On what floor of the silo is the dirt farm where Holston’s parents were sent after their deaths?
4. Who, along with two staff employees, is holding Allison down on the floor when Holston arrives in the beginning of Chapter 5?
5. What word from Chapter 6 refers to a plant or substance that is capable of causing death or illness if taking into the body?
Short Essay Questions
1. What surroundings does Holston find himself after exiting the silo in Chapter 6?
2. What does Holston find in the cafeteria in the beginning of Chapter 5?
3. Why does Allison tell Holston she will return to the silo in Chapter 5?
4. What is the setting and time frame established in the opening of Chapter 6? What is Holston doing in the beginning of the chapter?
5. Where did Holston watch Allison’s cleaning from? What does the narrator say Allison did when she completed the cleaning in Chapter 4?
6. What does Allison initially say to Holston when she begins to talk in the holding cell in Chapter 5?
7. What “forbidden words” does Allison say in Chapter 5? How does Holston respond?
8. How is Allison’s death described in Chapter 4?
9. Why is Holston’s entering the holding cell a dangerous action in Chapter 5? Why does he commit this action?
10. Whom does Allison believe to be responsible for keeping secrets in Chapter 5?
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