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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clay do for a living?
(a) He is a software engineer.
(b) He is a professor.
(c) He is an architect.
(d) He is a doctor.

2. What does Ruth refer to as "old people stuff"?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Finance.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Carpentry.

3. How does Clay feel towards the people on the porch at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Sorry for them.
(b) Indifferent to them.
(c) Terrified of them.
(d) Angry at them.

4. How much food do G.H. and Ruth have in the house?
(a) Enough to last for months.
(b) Enough for a few days.
(c) Enough for a few weeks.
(d) Enough to last for years.

5. What does Clay make for dinner the first night they are at the vacation house?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Salad.
(c) Stew.
(d) Hamburgers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Amanda's and Clay's gaze stray at the beach?

2. Who was Ruth's and G.H.'s contractor on the house?

3. What does the house exterior look like in Chapter 2?

4. What does Amanda buy for a rainy day at the grocery store?

5. What does Clay want to do in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 17, what do Ruth and Amanda work on together that helps them bond just a little?

2. What is Clay's and Amanda's first impression of the Washingtons in Chapter 7?

3. What does Amanda tell Ruth about how she wants to treat the information about whatever is happening in the world in terms of her children?

4. What does the title "Leave the World Behind" refer to?

5. Why is Amanda angry with Clay in Chapter 10?

6. What does Amanda buy on her trip to the grocery store in Chapter 3?

7. What does Ruth think about G.H.'s relationship with Danny?

8. Why does Clay indulge Rose's request to take many books to the beach?

9. Why do G.H. and Ruth say they did not want to go back into New York City?

10. What does Ruth notice that she does not like about Clay's and Amanda's presence in the house?

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