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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Allison says to Holston when he suggests that maybe she shouldn’t be doing this work, “If I don’t piece it together now, somebody else will at some point. You can’t put” what “back in the bottle”?
(a) “The genie.”
(b) “The bee.”
(c) “The poison.”
(d) “Pandora.”

2. As Holston performs the cleaning of the silo cameras in Chapter 6, the narrator notes that “it wasn’t the feeling of betrayal that guided the wool in his hand in small circular motions. It was” what?
(a) “Pity.”
(b) “Fear.”
(c) “Love.”
(d) “Responsibility.”

3. What are described in Chapter 2 as “the only books to survive the uprising”?
(a) Science textbooks.
(b) Religious books.
(c) Children’s books.
(d) History books.

4. Allison tells Holston that once she is released for the cleaning the next day, she will return for what, in Chapter 5?
(a) For the revolution.
(b) For Holston.
(c) For the spaceship.
(d) For their children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 6 refers to a plant or substance that is capable of causing death or illness if taking into the body?

2. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a systematic or established manner?

3. Holston says to his wife in Chapter 3, “You’re saying that someone wiped out our history to stop us from” what?

4. How many flights of stairs has Holston just bolted up in the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. What does Holston recall Allison clutching as she collapsed after her cleaning in Chapter 4?

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