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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. Why do the parents tell the teenagers not to come back to the house?

2. Who convinces Jack and Shel to free the animals?

3. Why do all the teenagers' phones start ringing at the same time?

4. What does Eve think of the governor's state of mind in Chapter 8, during their negotiations?

5. Where does Burl decide to take the teenagers when they cannot find a passable road to Juicy's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mattie convince Jack and Shel to let their trapped animals free?

2. Who does Evie credit with saving them from the great house and leading them to the farm, and why?

3. What was different about the storm that has just passed in Chapter 5 compared to other very bad hurricanes?

4. What kind of pictures do Evie and the other teens see of James on social media in Chapter 5?

5. What does Burl tell the teenagers about the state of the outside world when he leaves for diapers and baby formula?

6. What do the soldiers who come to take over the farm do to Mattie?

7. What happens to Red when he takes Evie at gunpoint out in the woods?

8. What do the soldiers start doing to the angels when they can not find the other goats to kill?

9. What does Burl tell Evie about Shel in Chapter 5?

10. What does Evie say to Burl about the weapons in the silo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Terry's overture to the soldiers and the Governor reveal about the teenagers' skills, independence, and/or frame of reference? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why does David decide to sabotage the yacht's navigational device, and what plot development makes this news much more serious? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Evie feel, at first, about Jack's and Shel's forgiveness of Red? What does the boys' treatment of Red seem to represent for Evie and for the rest of the teenagers? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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