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

2. On what floor of the silo is the dirt farm where Holston’s parents were sent after their deaths?
(a) The 15th floor.
(b) The 8th floor.
(c) The 5th floor.
(d) The 3rd floor.

3. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a habitual gesture of way of speaking or behaving?
(a) Juggernaut.
(b) Articulation.
(c) Ablation.
(d) Mannerism.

4. How are the curtains described in Chapter 6 that cover the interior of the airlock?
(a) “Heavy, dark draperies.”
(b) “Sacrificial plastic curtains.”
(c) “Pristine floral curtains.”
(d) “Black, sooty curtains.”

5. Holston recalls watching his wife get dressed for her cleaning through what, in Chapter 4?
(a) The bathroom curtain.
(b) The security cameras.
(c) The airlock’s porthole.
(d) The attic window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Allison tells Holston in Chapter 5, “There could be people outside… They could be” doing what?

2. What is Holston described as wearing underneath the outfit Nelson dresses him in, in Chapter 4?

3. The narrator describes the second anniversary of Allison’s departure as Holston’s year of what, in Chapter 6?

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

5. When Holston looks back at the silo from the outside in Chapter 6, “All that stood behind him was a small mound of concrete, a tower” no more than how many feet tall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What instructions does Nelson give to Holston in Chapter 4?

2. Whom does Allison believe to be responsible for keeping secrets in Chapter 5?

3. Why does Holston make the decision to keep on his helmet as he departs in Chapter 6?

4. What does Holston find in the cafeteria in the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. What is the setting in the opening of Chapter 4? What state is Holston in at the beginning of the chapter?

6. Why is Holston’s entering the holding cell a dangerous action in Chapter 5? Why does he commit this action?

7. What does Holston do after performing the cleaning duty in Chapter 6?

8. Where did Holston watch Allison’s cleaning from? What does the narrator say Allison did when she completed the cleaning in Chapter 4?

9. How is Allison’s death described in Chapter 4?

10. What conclusions Holston make upon taking in the surroundings of the outer world in Chapter 6?

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