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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 does Luca tell the soldiers who come to the farm?

2. What is Juicy's real name?

3. Who comes to the farm in Chapter 8, surprising the teens?

4. What do the teens offer the soldiers?

5. Why do the teens try to get into the burning barn?

Short Essay Questions

1. On what conditions does the owner of the farm say the teenagers and Burl are allowed to stay there?

2. What does Evie hear the trail angels debating in Chapter 6 that scares and confuses her?

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

4. How does the farm feel to Evie when they first get there in Chapter 5?

5. Why do Sukey and her mother come back to the farm in Chapter 6?

6. What does Jack tell Darla he has figured out about the Bible in Chapter 7?

7. What is extraordinary about Red in the end of Chapter 8?

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

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

10. What alarming news does David get from the great house about the parents in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the teenagers respond to the farm owner's rules, and what do you think Millet intends those rules to symbolize? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How much do Evie and the rest of the teenagers really seem to understand about the scope of the storm and its aftermath? When in the novel does Evie seem to begin to grasp the magnitude of the death toll and the ensuing crisis resulting from the storm? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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