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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a pleasing view, especially one seen through a long, narrow opening?
(a) Vista.
(b) Assemblage.
(c) Partition.
(d) Incumbent.

2. When the mayor exits in the end of Chapter 2, she tells Holston, “And I won’t insult you by suggesting” what?
(a) “You write a will.”
(b) “You get some sleep.”
(c) “You prepare yourself.”
(d) “You forget about her.”

3. 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) Pie-shaped.
(b) Box-shaped.
(c) Diamond-shaped.
(d) Hexagon-shaped.

4. The word “gyre” used in Chapter 5 refers to what kind of shape?
(a) A sphere.
(b) A hexagon.
(c) A cube.
(d) A spiral.

5. What word used in Chapter 6 means to make something continue indefinitely, such as an undesirable situation?
(a) Perpetuate.
(b) Retrieval.
(c) Assonance.
(d) Articulate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who handles the procedural work for Allison while Holston paces outside the bars of the holding cell in Chapter 5?

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

4. What are described in Chapter 2 as “the only books to survive the uprising”?

5. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a habitual gesture of way of speaking or behaving?

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