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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Holston performs the cleaning in Chapter 6, it dawns on him, “His wife had been right.” In what way was she right?
(a) “The view from inside was a lie.”
(b) “The leaders had killed all the children.”
(c) “The computers were destroyed by aliens.”
(d) “The view from inside was the truth.”

2. Holston tells Allison in Chapter 3, “If I’ve learned one thing from my job, it’s that no crime or crazy mob is ever all that” what?
(a) “Just.”
(b) “Powerful.”
(c) “Historical.”
(d) “Original.”

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

4. What word from Chapter 5 refers to a mathematical determination of the number of something?
(a) Ablation.
(b) Calculation.
(c) Juggernaut.
(d) Articulation.

5. How many years is Holston said to have “spent silently waiting for what would never come” in Chapter 1?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes the hissing of a canister as what substance is loaded into the flushing chambers in Chapter 5?

2. What word does Allison use in Chapter 3 to refer to all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively?

3. The narrator states in Chapter 4 that “the silo with hits great screens showing the outside world was usually” in what state during cleanings?

4. When Allison didn’t return after her cleaning, Holston began to consider doing what, according to the narrator in the beginning of Chapter 6?

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

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