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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idiom is used in Chapter 3 to refer to a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, by the very terms of the prediction itself, due to positive feedback between belief and behavior?

2. How many years has it been since someone’s been sent to cleaning in Chapter 3?

3. What word from Chapter 2 means not important or significant?

4. What does “IT” stand for in Chapter 3?

5. What word in Chapter 3 refers to the state of being no longer needed or useful?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the setting of the novel transition in Chapter 3?

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

4. What is the principle setting of Wool? In what time period does the story take place?

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

6. What emotions does Holston feel as he discusses Allison’s theories in Chapter 3?

7. What is one example the use of simile in Chapter 1? What purpose does this example serve?

8. What setting is described at the top of the stairs in Chapter 1?

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

10. Where does the protagonist of the novel live? How is the arrangement of this setting described in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Holston as the protagonist of Wool. What clues does the author give to Holston’s age in Chapter 1? How do you relate to Holston as a character? What is Holston’s overall objective in the story? Is he successful in fulfilling that objective?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the lottery that is discussed throughout the narrative. When did Holston and his wife win the lottery? What did this winning allow them to do? How long did they have to fulfill their lottery ticket?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the concept of “cleaning” in the Wool Series. How is “cleaning” defined by the author? What specific actions are involved in the process of cleaning? What other implications also go along with this term in the novel?

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