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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in Chapter 3 refers to a serious disagreement or argument?

2. Allison says in Chapter 3 that there was a revolt just about how often?

3. Who is described in Chapter 1 as sitting “behind a table arranged with cups of juice and bowls of cornflour cookies”?

4. What rooms are described in Chapter 1 as being filled with “tangles of pipes, like a vast universe”?

5. What kinds of gardens are described as growing in the silo in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What thoughts does Holston have regarding the pixels in Chapter 2?

2. How does the character of Allison relate to Holston’s objectives in the story?

3. Where does the protagonist of the novel live? How is the arrangement of this setting described in Chapter 1?

4. What theory does Holston reach about the wiped servers in Chapter 3?

5. From what narrative point of view is the story related? Is the narrative told in the past, present, or future tense?

6. What is an example of the use of literary repetition in Chapter 1? What purpose does this example serve?

7. What does Holston discover that Mayor Jahns and the others in the silo fear in Chapter 2?

8. How does Holston compare the images from the screens to the children’s books that survived the uprising in Chapter 2?

9. What superstitions from his past does Holston recall in Chapter 1?

10. How is Mayor Jahns’s demeanor described when she meets with Holston in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of the holding cell and the screens in this room. How does the view from the screen in the holding cell differ from the view in the lounge or cafeteria? Why does Holston surmise this difference exists in Chapter 2? Do you think Holston’s theories are correct?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of “truth” in Wool. How do Allison and Holston feel about the importance of truth? What does Allison feel the truth is more important than? Why?

Essay Topic 3

The Meaning of Appearances in Wool

a. Throughout Wool, there are clear discrepancies between what is real and what is portrayed as reality. Why do these discrepancies exist? What does Allison discover about these appearances?

b. Discuss the ending of the novel. What does Holston’s discovery mean in regard to Allison’s theories of the silo and its history?

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