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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 from Chapter 6 refers to a strong and fast-moving stream of water or liquid?

2. What does Holston recall Allison using to clean with during her cleaning in Chapter 4?

3. What color helmet does Holston recall Allison wearing during her cleaning in Chapter 4?

4. Nelson is described in Chapter 4 as holding what position?

5. The narrator describes the hissing of a canister as what substance is loaded into the flushing chambers in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Holston’s entering the holding cell a dangerous action in Chapter 5? Why does he commit this action?

2. Whom does Allison believe to be responsible for keeping secrets in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

6. How is Allison’s death described in Chapter 4?

7. What does Holston recall of Allison’s preparations to depart for her cleaning in Chapter 4?

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

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

10. What is the setting and time frame established in the opening of Chapter 6? What is Holston doing in the beginning of the chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Define the narrative point of view established in the first chapter of Wool. Is the story related from first, second, or third person? Is the narrator’s perspective limited or omniscient? Is the story told in the present or past tense? What are the effects of these choices on the reader? Does the narrative point of view change in the novel?

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