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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kinds of gardens are described as growing in the silo in Chapter 1?
(a) Geoponic gardens.
(b) Fluoride gardens.
(c) Hydroponic gardens.
(d) Aeroponic gardens.

2. What is said to cling to the boots that Holston is wearing in Chapter 1?
(a) Wood shavings.
(b) Metal shavings.
(c) Paint.
(d) Melted plastic.

3. What rooms are described in Chapter 1 as being filled with “tangles of pipes, like a vast universe”?
(a) Purification rooms.
(b) Reading rooms.
(c) Airlock chambers.
(d) Torture rooms.

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?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Literary allusion.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Simile.

5. What is described in the center of each step as the items that “once gave the treads their grip” in Chapter 1?
(a) Small spigots.
(b) Small trapezoids.
(c) Small diamonds.
(d) Small hearts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 1 means not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings of other aspects of something?

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

3. What word from Chapter 1 means to oscillate or move rhythmically and steadily to and fro?

4. What did Holston and his wife hang over their bed to increase fertility?

5. What did Holston and his wife keep under the mattress to bring luck for having twins?

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