Alas, Babylon Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Pat Frank
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Alas, Babylon Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Randy warn Florence and Alice about as they leave for town?
(a) too many people at the gas station
(b) convicts on the road with rifles
(c) no food at the grocery store
(d) nothing

2. What does Randy remember about meeting Elizabeth McGovern?
(a) dropping her groceries
(b) hitting his car with hers
(c) her long legs
(d) her full lips

3. How does McCoy Airbase seem to Randy?
(a) hot and dusty
(b) cold and scary
(c) deserted
(d) busier than usual

4. What does Washington D.C. say about the explosion in the Middle East?
(a) it was done by Russia
(b) it was not the United States
(c) it was done on purpose
(d) it was a mechanical failure

5. Who were Randy's parents?
(a) Mildred and Daniel
(b) Gertrude and Judge Bragg
(c) he doesn't know who his parents are
(d) Gertrude and Bill Houston

6. What does the government of the United States declare on the radio?
(a) all is clear
(b) the war is over
(c) martial law
(d) nothing

7. What does Florence tell Alice about Randy?
(a) that he's moving to New York
(b) that he received a strange telegram
(c) that he's an alcoholic
(d) that he's a peeping tom

8. What has happened to the McGoverns' house?
(a) it has collasped
(b) the front window is cracked
(c) it has burned down
(d) it is flooded

9. What does Lib think about Randy living in Ft. Repose?
(a) it's a good place for him
(b) he should run for mayor
(c) he's wasting himself
(d) it would be good for raising children

10. In what month did the Day occur?
(a) November
(b) August
(c) December
(d) May

11. What does Randy tell Helen and the children when they join him outside?
(a) they need to wait and see
(b) their father called
(c) the children need to go to school
(d) that it has started

12. Why is Bubba Offenhaus head of civil defense?
(a) he owns the only ambulances
(b) he is ex-military
(c) he is an engineer
(d) he is ex-CIA

13. What does Randy do when Malachai helps him load the car?
(a) gives him a tip
(b) nothing
(c) gives him cash and tells him about Mark's fears
(d) tells him to gather his family and move

14. Who shares the income from family holdings with Randy?
(a) his brother Mark
(b) his grandparents
(c) his parents
(d) his brother and sister

15. Why does Mark want his family to leave?
(a) they live in a primary target area
(b) he's too busy to deal with them
(c) he wants them to see Randy
(d) he wants them to have a vacation

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James Cobb fire at from his plane?

2. What are Anthony and Cleo?

3. What holiday do the children believe they are spending in Florida?

4. What does Admiral Hazzard think about Moscow?

5. What does Randy tell Helen to get at Beck's hardware?

(see the answer keys)

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