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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 Jakov say about women?
(a) They are more rational then men.
(b) They become irrational every 28 days.
(c) He does not like them.
(d) They cannot be rational but a couple days out of each month.

2. Why does Gil think he might live?
(a) He is nowhere near any comet strikes.
(b) He beats the water to the top of the tsunami wave.
(c) He is an optimist.
(d) He is sixty feet underground in a bunker.

3. What is forming in Tujunga?
(a) A series of tremors.
(b) A memorial.
(c) A crack the size of the Grand Canyon.
(d) A soup line.

4. Why does Tim decline to go with the Ranger?
(a) He wants to get to Oklahoma.
(b) He thinks the ranger has enough to worry about already.
(c) Tim says it's easier for small groups to feed themselves.
(d) He and Eileen want to meet up with Harvey and his group.

5. What is being handed out in Tujunga?
(a) Permits to travel.
(b) Identification badges.
(c) Gas masks.
(d) Ration cards.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Sinanians die?

2. What does Harry do when he cannot get past the cracks in the road?

3. What does Harvey find when he arrives home?

4. Why does Eric kill Fred?

5. What does Mayor Seitz do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the rain that is falling salty?

2. Describe a couple of Harry's "appointed rounds" and an evaluation of this man.

3. What is one repercussion of the "gloom and doom" message preached by Henry Armitage and others?

4. Why do most scientists misjudge the path of the comet before it hits earth?

5. Who finds Harvey and what do they do?

6. How do the astronauts decide to land in California?

7. What happens when Tim and Eileen try to buy a car and what is the implication?

8. What do Tim and Eileen do after leaving the observatory and what is your analysis of their actions?

9. What do Tim and Eileen find when they arrive at Tujunga and what is the implication?

10. Who is Alim Nasser and how does he choose unwisely to face the situation about the comet strike?

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