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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The days of Holston’s childhood are described in Chapter 1 as being over how many years distant?
(a) 60.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 40.

2. What is Holston’s position of employment in the novel?
(a) Judge.
(b) Butcher.
(c) Sheriff.
(d) Postman.

3. The narrator says of Holston in Chapter 1, “And he thought, not for the first time, that neither life nor staircase had been meant for” what?
(a) “The footprints of babes.”
(b) “Walking upon.”
(c) “The final days.”
(d) “Such an existence.”

4. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a systematic or established manner?
(a) Formative.
(b) Coalesced.
(c) Intrinsic.
(d) Methodical.

5. The divisions of dormitories that Holston passes as he makes his way up the staircase in Chapter 1 are described as being shaped like what?
(a) Box-shaped.
(b) Pie-shaped.
(c) Diamond-shaped.
(d) Hexagon-shaped.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the underground structure called where the characters of Wool live?

3. What are described in Chapter 1 as “the widest rooms of the entire silo complex”?

4. The narrator describes each step in Chapter 1 as being “rounded down like a pouting lip.” What literary technique is used in this example?

5. What is described in the center of each step as the items that “once gave the treads their grip” in Chapter 1?

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