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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Holston carry with him everywhere, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) A lottery ticket.
(b) A newspaper clipping.
(c) A stapler.
(d) A handgun.

2. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a person who betrays a friend, country, or principle?
(a) Ablation.
(b) Polymer.
(c) Denouement.
(d) Traitor.

3. What is the name of Holston’s wife who is deceased?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Paula.
(c) Allison.
(d) Maria.

4. What does Allison say to Holston “is always good” in Chapter 3?
(a) “Challenging authority.”
(b) “Respect for authority.”
(c) “Knowing the truth.”
(d) “Loving one another.”

5. What word from Chapter 1 refers to a road or path forming a route between two places?
(a) Juggernaut.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Thoroughfare.
(d) Ablation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Holston says to his wife in Chapter 3, “You’re saying that someone wiped out our history to stop us from” what?

2. What is the underground structure called where the characters of Wool live?

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

4. What kinds of gardens are described as growing in the silo in Chapter 1?

5. The narrator states in Chapter 3 that Holston’s “wife was a wizard with computers, no doubt, but” what “was not her bag, it was his”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What “traitorous” notion does Allison present as a reason for the servers being wiped in Chapter 3?

2. What thoughts does Holston have regarding the pixels in Chapter 2?

3. What does Holston notice about the view from the holding room in the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. What is an example of the use of literary repetition in Chapter 1? What purpose does this example serve?

5. What does Holston discover that Mayor Jahns and the others in the silo fear in Chapter 2?

6. How is the act of “cleaning” defined in the novel?

7. What theory does Holston develop for the reason the view is different in the holding room in Chapter 2?

8. What does Allison’s work involve, as revealed in Chapter 3?

9. What exchange takes place between Holston and Deputy Marnes in Chapter 1?

10. What theory does Holston reach about the wiped servers in Chapter 3?

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