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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part III, Chapter 17, what does Ruth say when Robert asks if he can test her blood now?
(a) She asks him to wait until the next morning because she feels ill.
(b) She screams at him and throws her dinner plate against the wall.
(c) She politely declines.
(d) She agrees.

2. In Part II, Chapter 12, what does Robert find that gives him a glimmer of hope?
(a) The cure for the epidemic.
(b) A shiny penny.
(c) A scrawny dog.
(d) A $100 bill.

3. What does Robert promise to do for Ruth if she is infected?
(a) Try to cure her.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Help her find more of her kind.
(d) Stay by her side.

4. What does Robert notice Ruth is wearing as she sleeps?
(a) Skimpy lingerie.
(b) A wedding ring.
(c) A tiny gold cross.
(d) A tracking device.

5. In Part II, Chapter 13, what have the vampires not done that surprises Robert?
(a) Taken over the town.
(b) Broken down his door.
(c) Relocated.
(d) Burned down his house.

6. In Part II, Chapter 14, Robert comes up with a psychological explanation as a new perspective on the way vampires act. To what does he compare this psychological explanation?
(a) Hysterical blindness.
(b) The blind faith of cult members.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Mass suicide.

7. What does Ruth say she doesn't care about in Part III, Chapter 16?
(a) Robert.
(b) If she ever sees another human.
(c) If she dies.
(d) What they have for dinner.

8. What is wrong with the first instrument Robert obtains in Part II, Chapter 11?
(a) It is far too advanced for him to learn how to use it.
(b) It is of inferior quality.
(c) It is the wrong instrument for what he needs to do.
(d) It is broken.

9. What is Robert smoking in Part III, Chapter 15?
(a) A pipe.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) A ham.

10. What does Robert do in response to the results of his lists in Part II, Chapter 12?
(a) Rips the paper to shreds.
(b) Goes on a drinking binge.
(c) Shouts "Eureka!!"
(d) Regains his motivation.

11. Why does Robert think he is immune to the plague?
(a) He thinks it is genetic.
(b) He was bitten by a vampire bat during the war.
(c) He injected himself with tiny amounts of vampire blood.
(d) He doesn't know.

12. In Part II, Chapter 12, what does Robert feel the world has fallen to?
(a) Complete ruin.
(b) The supernatural.
(c) Sin and immorality.
(d) New lows.

13. What process does Robert feel explains the vampire's coma in Part II, Chapter 11?
(a) Sporulation.
(b) Waste materials in the blood.
(c) Progressing disease.
(d) Exhaustion.

14. What happens that makes Robert believe that Ruth might be infected?
(a) She gags when he shoves mashed garlic under her nose.
(b) She sleeps all day.
(c) She refuses to eat dinner with him.
(d) She is beginning to smell bad.

15. What are the headings of the lists that Robert makes in Part II, Chapter 12?
(a) To Be and Not To Be.
(b) Germ and No Germ.
(c) Known and Unknown.
(d) Bacillus and Unknown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert win in Part II, Chapter 13?

2. What does Robert berate himself for forgetting in Part III, Chapter 19?

3. What other epidemic does Robert feel was caused by vampires?

4. In Part III, Chapter 18, what does Robert wake up doing?

5. During his recollection of the height of the plague, Robert remembers being literally dragged to a revival meeting. Who drags him?

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