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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 3 refers to the process of obtaining or consulting of material stored in a computer system?
(a) Ablation.
(b) Retrieval.
(c) Accordance.
(d) Genocide.

2. Holston’s office is described in Chapter 1 as being between the cafeteria and what?
(a) The nursery.
(b) The airlock.
(c) The schoolroom.
(d) The zoo.

3. 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) Pyramid.
(b) Hexagon.
(c) Cyclone.
(d) Spire.

4. Holston thinks to himself in Chapter 2, “Tomorrow will be my” what?
(a) "Revenge."
(b) “Promotion.”
(c) “Salvation.”
(d) “Wedding day.”

5. Whom does the mayor say will be at the desk all night and for Holston to contact him if he changes his mind about the meal in Chapter 2?
(a) Deputy Nelson.
(b) Deputy Marnes.
(c) Chief Conner.
(d) Mayor Clarke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the children doing “while Holston climbed to his death” in Chapter 1?

2. What does Allison suggest someone did during the “great uprising—the only one we’ve known about till now” in Chapter 3?

3. What does Allison say to Holston “is always good” in Chapter 3?

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

5. The narrator states in Chapter 1, “That always amazed [Holston]: how centuries of bare palms and shuffling feet could wear down” what?

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