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Book club questions · Chapters 1–5

Wool book club questions

For the first 5 chapters, the way a good group chat asks them: a quick take-a-side question first, then one to chew on. This page stops at chapter 5, so nothing here spoils what comes after.

by Hugh Howey2012 · 83 chapters · 592 pages · Mariner Books
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Chapter 1

  1. Was Holston’s choice to go outside brave or reckless?
  2. What hits hardest about Holston passing the children on his last climb, and why?
  3. Why does Holston leave his sheriff star behind before locking himself in the cell?

Chapter 2

  1. Would Holston have been better off taking the dinner pick?
  2. What lands hardest in Holston’s visit with Mayor Jahns, and why?
  3. Why does Holston keep studying the dead pixels in the outside view?

Chapter 3

  1. Was Holston right to tell Allison to stop digging?
  2. Which hits harder: Allison’s theory about the wiped servers or the thought that data sparked the revolts?
  3. Why does Allison think the data itself may have driven people to revolt?

Chapter 4

  1. Would Holston have cleaned if Nelson hadn’t improved the suit?
  2. What hits hardest in Holston remembering Allison’s cleaning, and why?
  3. Why does Holston whisper that he’s ready when he sees fear in Nelson?

Chapter 5

  1. Was Holston right to put Allison in the holding cell?
  2. What hits hardest about Allison’s promise to come back for Holston, and why?
  3. Why does Allison tell Holston the screens aren’t real only after hours of silence?

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