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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a habitual gesture of way of speaking or behaving?
(a) Ablation.
(b) Articulation.
(c) Juggernaut.
(d) Mannerism.

2. Allison tells Holston in Chapter 5 that “every uprising took place because of this doubt, this feeling, that we’re” what?
(a) “In the bad place right here.”
(b) “Weaker than we seem.”
(c) “Being held prisoner.”
(d) “The bad people.”

3. Chapter 3 is described as taking place how many years earlier?
(a) 2 years earlier.
(b) 4 years earlier.
(c) 3 years earlier.
(d) 5 years earlier.

4. What time period is Chapter 4 said to take place in?
(a) 6 years prior.
(b) 3 years prior.
(c) Present time.
(d) 4 years prior.

5. 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) “Think things through.”
(b) “Beat the walls.”
(c) “Scream.”
(d) “Weep.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many years has it been since someone’s been sent to cleaning in Chapter 3?

3. 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”?

4. What is Holston’s position of employment in the novel?

5. What word from Chapter 4 refers to the state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect?

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