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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The low rolling hills that Holston looks at from the holding cell are described as a pretty shade of brown like what?
(a) Peanut butter.
(b) The Mississippi River.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Coffee.

2. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a road or path forming a route between two places?
(a) Ablation.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Thoroughfare.
(d) Juggernaut.

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) “Walking upon.”
(b) “The final days.”
(c) “The footprints of babes.”
(d) “Such an existence.”

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

5. What is the mayor wearing when she appears at the holding cell in Chapter 2?
(a) Coveralls.
(b) A blue dress.
(c) A pinstriped suit.
(d) A hazard suit.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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”?

3. When the mayor exits in the end of Chapter 2, she tells Holston, “And I won’t insult you by suggesting” what?

4. In describing the stairway in Chapter 1, the narrator says, “Each step was slightly bowed from” what?

5. What is the name of Holston’s wife who is deceased?

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