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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ellie surprised when two of the soldiers go back and pick up their guns?
(a) The guns weren't where they left them.
(b) She'd seen Lee take the guns.
(c) She'd expected them to focus on the jeep.
(d) She thought they'd forgotten.

2. What does Homer reply when Colonel Finley says they can now be brought "home?"
(a) We'll meet you at Stratton.
(b) We're home already.
(c) I think it's too late.
(d) Can you wait a week?

3. What is the first thing Fi says to Ellie when Ellie relieves her at watch after cooking the lamb?
(a) A soldier patrol passed by.
(b) The kids are out there.
(c) I'm starving.
(d) There are a dozen dogs and cats nearby.

4. What does Lee say the girl named Reni did when the fighting started?
(a) Ran away.
(b) Told him to run.
(c) Begged the men to stop.
(d) Fainted.

5. What does Ellie say she envies about Robyn?
(a) That she reunited with her parents.
(b) That she's now in Heaven.
(c) That religion gave her strength.
(d) That she was strong-willed.

6. How many trout do the teens catch?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

7. Where does Kevin say they should go to find some food?
(a) A trout farm.
(b) A turkey farm.
(c) A dairy farm.
(d) A sheep farm.

8. Who releases the parking brake the second time?
(a) Kevin.
(b) Ellie.
(c) Homer.
(d) Lee.

9. How does Ellie say the silence of the neighborhood is different now?
(a) There's a constant background of guns.
(b) There isn't a difference.
(c) She is different because she's killed people.
(d) It's an empty silence.

10. What is the password Lee uses to contact Colonel Finley?
(a) Mulish.
(b) Roger Rabbit.
(c) Angel patrol.
(d) Lomu.

11. When are the teens supposed to contact Finley again?
(a) In an hour.
(b) The same time the next night.
(c) The next time they are able to attack.
(d) At sunrise the next morning.

12. Who picks up their items as Ellie and her group returns to the street where the kids dropped them?
(a) Kevin.
(b) Fi.
(c) Ellie.
(d) Homer.

13. What does Ellie remember the first factory they see in Stratton made before the war?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Bicycles.
(c) Ball bearings.
(d) Car parts.

14. Why does Ellie say there doesn't seem to be much colonization in Stratton?
(a) The people revolted and many died.
(b) There have been too many air raids.
(c) There aren't enough soldiers to keep an eye on them.
(d) There isn't enough work to keep people employed.

15. What is the name of the neighborhood where Ellie's grandmother lived?
(a) Doncaster Crescent.
(b) Crescent Moon.
(c) Moon Beam.
(d) Beam Doncaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ellie say she'd learned the most about life?

2. What does Ellie say the targets were when the Kiwis again bombed Stratton?

3. What does Lee do that brings a halt to his conversation with Ellie about where he's been going and what he's doing?

4. How long does Ellie say they have from the moment they spot the motorbike patrol until the moment the soldiers are at the house?

5. Why does Fi say chewing gum makes them hungrier?

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