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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described in Chapter 1 as sitting “behind a table arranged with cups of juice and bowls of cornflour cookies”?
(a) Peter.
(b) Paul.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Clarke.

2. Where does Holston arrive in a sprint in the opening of Chapter 5?
(a) The holding cell.
(b) The library.
(c) The school bus.
(d) The cafeteria.

3. What does Holston recall Allison clutching as she collapsed after her cleaning in Chapter 4?
(a) Her boots.
(b) Her oxygen tank.
(c) Her gloves.
(d) Her helmet.

4. 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) Chocolate.
(c) Coffee.
(d) The Mississippi River.

5. What word from Chapter 1 means not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings of other aspects of something?
(a) Mechanical.
(b) Incongruous.
(c) Intrinsic.
(d) Methodical.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator says that Holston feels pressure to find someone to send to cleaning in Chapter 3, it is stated, “It was growing, like steam building up in the silo, ready to launch something out.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?

2. What is Holston surrounded by in his condo in Chapter 3?

3. As Holston performs the cleaning in Chapter 6, it dawns on him, “His wife had been right.” In what way was she right?

4. When the airlock doors open and Holston steps out of them in Chapter 6, he finds himself located at the bottom of what?

5. What is said to cause the metal groan that Holston hears as he prepares to exit for cleaning in Chapter 6?

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