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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 & 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ellie say about the temperature when a summer storm hits in Hell?
(a) That it becomes hotter like a sauna.
(b) That it very seldom changes.
(c) That it can fall fifteen degrees in half an hour.
(d) That it can fall to zero in a few hours.

2. What does Ellie say is happening in camp when she returns after the walk at the beginning of chapter three?
(a) The others are hiding.
(b) The others are arguing.
(c) The others are sleeping.
(d) The others are eating breakfast.

3. What is the trick Ellie demonstrates regarding the wombat?
(a) That it will follow the light from a flashlight.
(b) That it will bite a stick and refuse to let go.
(c) That it will roll up and play dead when threatened.
(d) That it will fall over in a dead faint if frightened.

4. Why does Ellie say Fi was lucky with regard to her parents?
(a) She knows they are dead.
(b) She helped them leave the country.
(c) She got to see them for half an hour.
(d) She knows they are alright.

5. Where does Lee ride as the group makes its getaway after the explosion?
(a) In the back seat.
(b) In the driver's seat.
(c) In the middle of the front seat.
(d) In the dump bed of the truck.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many are in the group of teenagers now living in Hell?

2. What does Ellie imagine is crawling on her scalp when she's under the piles of felt in the back of the truck?

3. What does Ellie use to cover up the bodies of the officers and the blood on the floor?

4. What does Ellie say might have caused the capture or deaths of the twelve New Zealand guerrillas?

5. Why does Ellie want the group to go toward Holloway?

(see the answer key)

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