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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 color overwhelms the surroundings of the world outside the silo when Holston exits for his cleaning in Chapter 6?
2. Holston recalls watching his wife get dressed for her cleaning through what, in Chapter 4?
3. What word used in Chapter 6 means to make something continue indefinitely, such as an undesirable situation?
4. Nelson tells Holston in the beginning of Chapter 4 that the outfit he’s being dressed in has what attributes that will give Holston “more time out there than anyone has had before”?
5. What word from Chapter 4 means incapable of producing any useful result, or pointless?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the setting and time frame of Chapter 5? What is Holston doing in the opening of the chapter?
2. What instructions does Nelson give to Holston in Chapter 4?
3. Why does Holston make the decision to keep on his helmet as he departs in Chapter 6?
4. Where did Holston watch Allison’s cleaning from? What does the narrator say Allison did when she completed the cleaning in Chapter 4?
5. What changes take place in the airlock as the time nears for Holston’s departure in Chapter 6?
6. What does Holston find in the cafeteria in the beginning of Chapter 5?
7. How would you describe Holston’s emotional state in the end of Chapter 6?
8. Why does Allison tell Holston she will return to the silo in Chapter 5?
9. What conclusions Holston make upon taking in the surroundings of the outer world in Chapter 6?
10. What does Allison initially say to Holston when she begins to talk in the holding cell in Chapter 5?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the setting of the story. When does this story take place? What clues in the narrative indicate a time setting for the story? What is a “silo” and how is this setting described in the first chapter?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of loss in Wool. How does this theme relate to Holston? How does “loss” affect all of the inhabitants of the silo? What symbols in the novel relate to this theme?
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