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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. What does Allison say to Holston “is always good” in Chapter 3?
3. When the narrator says that Holston feels pressure to find someone to send to cleaning in Chapter 3, it is stated, “It was growing, like steam building up in the silo, ready to launch something out.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?
4. What is Holston surrounded by in his condo in Chapter 3?
5. What are described in Chapter 2 as “the only books to survive the uprising”?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Mayor Jahns’s demeanor described when she meets with Holston in Chapter 2?
2. What setting is described at the top of the stairs in Chapter 1?
3. What “traitorous” notion does Allison present as a reason for the servers being wiped in Chapter 3?
4. How is the act of “cleaning” defined in the novel?
5. What superstitions from his past does Holston recall in Chapter 1?
6. What is the theory that Allison presents to Holston in Chapter 3?
7. How does the setting of the novel transition in Chapter 3?
8. What is the principle setting of Wool? In what time period does the story take place?
9. What is an example of the use of literary repetition in Chapter 1? What purpose does this example serve?
10. What theory does Holston reach about the wiped servers in Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of responsibility in Wool. How does this theme reveal itself through Holston’s conversation with Mayor Jahns? What symbolism is related to the theme of responsibility? How does this theme relate to the ending of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and analyze the character of Allison in the novel. How long have Allison and Holston been married, based on your estimations from the text? What is their relationship like? When did Allison die? How did she die?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of loss in Wool. How does this theme relate to Holston? How does “loss” affect all of the inhabitants of the silo? What symbols in the novel relate to this theme?
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