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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 4 refers to the state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect?
(a) Intrinsic.
(b) Corrupted.
(c) Dilapidated.
(d) Ablative.

2. Upon observing his wife’s state in Chapter 5, Holston considers, “There was nothing left for it but to lock her up, even as he wanted nothing else but room enough to” do what?
(a) “Scream.”
(b) “Beat the walls.”
(c) “Weep.”
(d) “Think things through.”

3. How many years ago does the narrator say Donna Parkins was put to cleaning in Chapter 2?
(a) 3.
(b) 20.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

4. What is said to cause the metal groan that Holston hears as he prepares to exit for cleaning in Chapter 6?
(a) Pistons in the walls.
(b) The computer system crashing.
(c) Robots outside the room.
(d) The cyborg children.

5. What does “IT” stand for in Chapter 3?
(a) Internet Theory.
(b) Illiterate Technology.
(c) Information Technology.
(d) Indication Technician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mayor wearing when she appears at the holding cell in Chapter 2?

2. What does Allison say she’s already published “on how to retrieve deleted and overwritten files” in Chapter 3?

3. What kind of gas is pumped into the airlock after the warning horn in Chapter 6?

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

5. Nelson tells Holston in the beginning of Chapter 4 that the outfit he’s being dressed in has what attributes that will give Holston “more time out there than anyone has had before”?

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