Vashti

What warning does Kuno give to Vashti in section 3?

• "You must not worship the machine."

• "You are about to suffer homelessness."

• "The machine stops."

• "I will suffer homelessness and I am not afraid."

How does Vashti respond to Kuno's warning?

• She thinks it absurd and will no longer speak with him.

• She believes him and makes a plan to join him.

• She reports him to the Central Committee so he can be punished

• She resolves to pray daily to the Machine for his soul

What is the first thing about the Machine malfunctioning that Vashti reports to the Committee of the Mending Apparatus?

• The mouldy fruit

• The music not playing correctly

• The air being stale

• The light not being as brigh

What has happened to Kuno since the time he had ventured to the surface?

• He was sentenced to homelessness

• He had joined the Central Committee

• He had become a father

• He had been moved to the southern hemisphere to a room not far from Vashti

What two major developments had taken place in the machine since the time of Kuno's escapades?

• Vashti now worked for the mending apparatus and Kuno had become a father.

• Kuno had become a father and homelessness had been outlawed.

• The use of respirators had been abolished and religion had been reestablished.

• The Mending Apparatus had improved significantly and the use of Airships had been abolished.

What major events happened all over the world that signaled a final flaw and failure of the machine?

• The airships began to no longer work and the tub could not be summoned.

• The food and water no longer arrived when summoned.

• The music stopped playing and large cracks were seen in the walls

• The beds would not come when summoned and then all communication ceased.

In the final hours, what terrified Vashti the most?

• Her own reflection in a mirror

• The sun shining on her face

• silence

• The fact that she was trapped in her room and it would become her tomb

Who finds Vashti just before she dies?

• The head of the Central Committee

• Kuno

• Her best friend, Amaya

• No one. She dies alone