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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. How many years has it been since someone’s been sent to cleaning in Chapter 3?
2. The narrator says in the beginning of Chapter 2 that the “view from the holding cell wasn’t as” what as “it had been in the cafeteria”?
3. In Chapter 1, the narrator describes the “tight confines” of the stairway as “threading through the buried silo like a straw in a glass.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?
4. What did Holston and his wife keep under the mattress to bring luck for having twins?
5. What were the children doing “while Holston climbed to his death” in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. What exchange takes place between Holston and Deputy Marnes in Chapter 1?
2. Where does the protagonist of the novel live? How is the arrangement of this setting described in Chapter 1?
3. What superstitions from his past does Holston recall in Chapter 1?
4. What setting is described at the top of the stairs in Chapter 1?
5. What “traitorous” notion does Allison present as a reason for the servers being wiped in Chapter 3?
6. What does Allison’s work involve, as revealed in Chapter 3?
7. What does Holston notice about the view from the holding room in the beginning of Chapter 2?
8. How does the character of Allison relate to Holston’s objectives in the story?
9. What is the theory that Allison presents to Holston in Chapter 3?
10. What is one example the use of simile in Chapter 1? What purpose does this example serve?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define the elements of plot structure, including: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement. Where in the narrative does the exposition transition to the rising action? Where does the climax take place? How would you describe the falling action and denouement of the story?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the character of Deputy Marnes in Wool. How old is Deputy Marnes? How well does Marnes know Holston? How would you characterize their relationship?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the narrative shifts of time frame throughout the novel. Why does the author implement the use of flashback as opposed to relating these events through exposition? What effect does this have on the reader?
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