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1 Which words best describe the silo's architecture?
Sleek and modern

Classic and elegant

Industrial and rundown

Earthen and antique
2 How does Sheriff Holston await his death sentence?
With confusion and indignation, as he is innocent

With grim acceptance and determination

By attempting to escape by any means necessary

With religious joy that he will be reunited with his wife
3 What incongruous sound accompanies Holston as he climbs to the holding cell?
Chamber music

Birds chirping

A water fountain bubbling

Children laughing
4 How is cleaning the camera an execution method?
As soon as the cleaners realize the truth, they kill themselves

The special cleaning fluids are toxic and poison the cleaners

The camera is high at the top of the silo, and cleaners often fall to their deaths

The camera is outside the silo, and the earth's surface poisons the cleaners
5 What does the screen in the cafeteria depict?
Nature documentaries, to remind citizens of how the earth used to be

CCTV footage of inside the silo, to keep citizens obedient

Propaganda videos, to reinforce the official historical narrative

An image of the barren wasteland supposedly outside the silo, to provide a view to the outside world
6 Why do the silo's residents crowd around the screen?
They are curious about the outside world

They try to find clues that the image is computer-generated

They enjoy watching criminals be executed

They constantly need to replace the dead pixels
7 How does the silo feed its residents?
They raise animals on the upper floors

They send criminals to harvest food on the earth's surface

They synthesize protein supplements

They use hydroponic farms inside the silo
8 What notable "accomplishment" marks Mayor Jahns' term in office?
No uprising occurred during her time in office

She maintains the lowest birthrate in generations

She sends more people to cleaning than any of her predecessors

She replaced the entire police department with new recruits
9 What question compels Holston to commit a crime?
"Why do people go through with the cleaning?"

"What caused the original upsrising?"

"Why does Jahns insist on population control?"

"What happened to Allison's body?"
10 What is significant about the children's books in the silo?
They are read primarily by adults

They are the only books with illustrations of the former world

They are banned for depicting magic and fairytales

They were the only books to survive the uprising
11 What memento does Holston carry around with him?
His Sheriff's badge

A page from his favorite picture book

A lock of Allison's hair

The lottery ticket he and Allison won
12 What form does Holston think he can see just beyond the hill?
A growing tree

Allison's corpse

A weather tower

An inhabited city
13 How is Mayor Jahns legalistic?
She is very religious and interprets the holy texts literally

She ignores extenuating circumstances and sentences every criminal to cleaning

She goes over the cleaning procedure with Holston, even though he is familiar with it

She was a lawyer before she became mayor
14 What does Sheriff Holston notice about the screen in the holding cell?
Too many pixels are dead

The colors are desaturated

The image is cleaner than the one in the cafeteria

The scale is slightly wrong
15 How long has Holston's family lived in the silo?
For at least three generations

Holston cannot remember

For thousands of years

Since Holston was born

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