1. What is said to cling to the boots that Holston is wearing in Chapter 1?
(a) Paint.
(b) Metal shavings.
(c) Wood shavings.
(d) Melted plastic.

2. What is the underground structure called where the characters of Wool live?
(a) A silo.
(b) A juggernaut.
(c) A bunker.
(d) A subterranean palace.

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

4. When Holston becomes freed from his helmet in Chapter 7, the world around him is described as having changed to what color?
(a) Green.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

5. How many years ago was Jack Brent put to cleaning, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) 13.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. Holston wonders as he is being dressed by Nelson in Chapter 4 why the others have always complied when in this position. “Holston thought maybe that people went along because” of what reason?

2. What part of Holston’s mind is described in Chapter 4 as being not “made for this, to be calmly ushered to a death it was perfectly aware of”?

3. How many years does Holston say it’s been since he served his wife her last meal in the holding cell in Chapter 2?

4. Where does Holston arrive in a sprint in the opening of Chapter 5?

5. How long ago does the mayor say the uprising was in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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