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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of Holston, the narrator says in Chapter 2, “He pretended not to care, to be disinterested in” what?
(a) “The past of the cleaning.”
(b) “The how of the cleaning.”
(c) “The why of the cleaning.”
(d) “The when of the cleaning.”

2. What is the name of Holston’s wife who is deceased?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Maria.
(c) Paula.
(d) Allison.

3. What word in Chapter 3 refers to a serious disagreement or argument?
(a) Conflict.
(b) Genocide.
(c) Precision.
(d) Ablation.

4. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top?
(a) Hexagon.
(b) Cyclone.
(c) Spire.
(d) Pyramid.

5. How long ago does the mayor say the uprising was in Chapter 2?
(a) Two decades ago.
(b) A century and a half ago.
(c) Six decades ago.
(d) A half of a century ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a person who betrays a friend, country, or principle?

2. What word in Chapter 3 refers to the state of being no longer needed or useful?

3. What person who had been sent to cleaning is described in Chapter 4 as having “been belligerent and hostile right up to the end”?

4. What word from Chapter 2 means not important or significant?

5. What word does Allison use in Chapter 3 to refer to all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively?

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