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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Homer do the moment Ellie makes the jump from the cab of the truck to the back?
(a) Shouts at her to be careful.
(b) Slows down.
(c) Speeds up.
(d) Swerves.

2. How does Ellie know the two men she encounters outside the barracks are officers?
(a) They have gold braid and are walking casually.
(b) They have officer insignia on their caps.
(c) They are marching and yelling at other soldiers.
(d) They are driving a jeep.

3. How does Ellie discover the first jeep is chasing them?
(a) The men in the jeep shoot at the truck.
(b) Lee points it out.
(c) She sees it in the rearview mirror.
(d) Fi screams and points it out.

4. What does Fi want to do before the group leaves Hell?
(a) Make a solid plan of where to meet if they're separated.
(b) Pray.
(c) Call Colonel Finley to tell him they are leaving Hell.
(d) Build a cabin.

5. What does Ellie say was wrong with their water system on the farm the time they'd faced a wild fire?
(a) A mouse chewed the electric cord in half.
(b) The electricity went off.
(c) A snake died in the pipe.
(d) Wasps has built a nest in the housing.

6. Why does Ellie usually hate the idea of having a map?
(a) She doesn't understand maps.
(b) She read a story about a spy who was executed because of a map.
(c) She prefers to see the image in her mind.
(d) She worries something will be wrong, creating a problem.

7. What does Ellie say they'd tried to do this airport already?
(a) Direct soldiers to it.
(b) Find it.
(c) Destroy it.
(d) Photograph it.

8. What does Ellie tell Fi to do as she, Lee, and Homer head out of the hangar?
(a) Stay.
(b) Look for weapons.
(c) Distract the men in the tower.
(d) Look for food.

9. What was the activity Homer sometimes did with a rifle when he was young?
(a) He'd shoot birds.
(b) He'd shoot wallabies.
(c) He'd shoot toadstools.
(d) He'd shoot cans filled with petrol.

10. Why does Ellie want the group to go toward Holloway?
(a) They think they might make contact with allied forces.
(b) They haven't been that way yet.
(c) They know there are lots of troops in that direction.
(d) She thinks she might find her mother.

11. How does Ellie get out of the truck she's in after the blast shoves them back?
(a) Through the window.
(b) Through a hatch in the roof.
(c) Through the passenger door.
(d) Through the back.

12. What does Ellie say she remembers her hockey coach saying about the timid player?
(a) They are the one to watch out for.
(b) They are the most valuable players.
(c) They are the one to get hurt.
(d) They are the one to score.

13. What does Homer say when Colonel Finley asks if there's anything he can do for them?
(a) Bring them food.
(b) Furnish some ammunition.
(c) Get them out of the country.
(d) Find their parents.

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

15. How many soldiers are in the group that runs past Ellie and the others as they are hiding?
(a) Six.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Nineteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first to figure out the group has arrived at the airfield?

2. What happens to distract the officers so that Ellie has time to close the door to the barracks?

3. What are the creatures Ellie says she's worried about as they are floating down the river?

4. What kind of vegetable does Ellie say Kevin looks like after they announce their plans to attack the airport?

5. Why does Ellie say Fi was lucky with regard to her parents?

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