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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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”?
(a) “The analytical part of his mind.”
(b) “The animal part of his mind.”
(c) “The vulnerable part of his mind.”
(d) “The rational part of his mind.”

2. 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 computers were destroyed by aliens.”
(b) “The leaders had killed all the children.”
(c) “The view from inside was the truth.”
(d) “The view from inside was a lie.”

3. What word in Chapter 5 means to engage in plots and intrigues or to scheme?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Machinate.
(c) Juggernaut.
(d) Persecute.

4. The narrator states in Chapter 4 that “the silo with hits great screens showing the outside world was usually” in what state during cleanings?
(a) “Empty.”
(b) “Packed.”
(c) “Emotional.”
(d) “Rancorous.”

5. One of the staff employees tells Holston in the beginning of Chapter 5 that Allison was detained because she made a rush for what room?
(a) The holding cell.
(b) The airlock.
(c) The library.
(d) The nursery.

6. What word from Chapter 6 refers to a plant or substance that is capable of causing death or illness if taking into the body?
(a) Calsonic.
(b) Incendiary.
(c) Peripheral.
(d) Poisonous.

7. What does Holston recall Allison using to clean with during her cleaning in Chapter 4?
(a) A large mop.
(b) A scrub brush.
(c) A bristle broom.
(d) Wool pads.

8. Holston is described as having NOT done what the entire time he watched Allison die in Chapter 4?
(a) Crying.
(b) Staying still.
(c) Moving.
(d) Laughing.

9. What does Allison say she wants to do when Holston tries talking to her as she’s detained on the floor in Chapter 5?
(a) Have a child.
(b) Return home.
(c) Go out.
(d) Call her mother.

10. Who, along with two staff employees, is holding Allison down on the floor when Holston arrives in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Mayor Jahns.
(b) Donna Parkins.
(c) Conner.
(d) Nelson.

11. What word used in Chapter 5 refers to the act of making a forcefully reproachful protest?
(a) Ablation.
(b) Juggernaut.
(c) Articulation.
(d) Remonstration.

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

13. What is Nelson dressing Holston in, in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) A white lab coat.
(b) A pinstriped suit.
(c) A blue hazard suit.
(d) A white hazard suit.

14. Holston is sitting on “the lone steel bench” in what room in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) The cafeteria.
(b) The airlock.
(c) His office.
(d) The library.

15. What word in Chapter 6 describes an electric horn or a similar loud warning device?
(a) Precision.
(b) Klaxon.
(c) Polymer.
(d) Juggernaut.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the curtains described in Chapter 6 that cover the interior of the airlock?

2. What kind of gas is pumped into the airlock after the warning horn in Chapter 6?

3. What does Holston grab above him in order to pull himself to a standing position as Nelson dresses him in Chapter 4?

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

5. What does Holston recall Allison clutching as she collapsed after her cleaning in Chapter 4?

(see the answer keys)

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