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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another name used for Attila the Hun?
(a) 'Tila.
(b) Et-Alah.
(c) Atti.
(d) At-tila.

2. Where do Richard and Leslie land in Chapter 11?
(a) India.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Moscow.
(d) France.

3. What question does Richard ask Attila that makes him act violently?
(a) Why are you so frightened?
(b) Where can we stay the night?
(c) How do we get out of here?
(d) Where are the nicer tents?

4. What is the man doing that Richard and Leslie see in the mountains?
(a) Cooking food over a campfire.
(b) Praying.
(c) Washing his clothes in a stream.
(d) Sleeping.

5. What does the girl in Chapter 6 say she hates?
(a) Whining.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Being hungry.
(d) Rainy days.

6. What does the young Leslie ask Leslie and Richard before they leave at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) What their ages are.
(b) If she will see them again.
(c) Whether she will get into the conservatory of her choice.
(d) How old she will be when she marries Richard.

7. What is the tent made of that Richard and Leslie see when they land in a desert?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Bark.
(c) Leather and cloth.
(d) Tree limbs and pine branches.

8. What drives right through Leslie and Richard in Chapter 7?
(a) Fuel truck.
(b) Airplane.
(c) Jeep.
(d) Bus.

9. What is Leslie's maiden name?
(a) Jones.
(b) Parrish.
(c) Smith.
(d) Fields.

10. What city does Richard say the young Richard might drop a hydrogen bomb on?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Kiev.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

11. What does Ivan say Communists like?
(a) Political autonomy.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Money.
(d) Americans.

12. What does the younger Leslie do when she gets off an elevator in Chapter 3?
(a) Goes to find a maid.
(b) Stops and looks out the window.
(c) Decides to go back down the elevator.
(d) Hurries toward her room.

13. Why does Richard want to splash into the ocean to wash Growly off?
(a) Symbolic cleansing.
(b) The sea salt will make it shine.
(c) It has blood on it.
(d) He hopes the water will stain it blue.

14. What are the men wearing who are guarding the tent in the desert?
(a) Leather jackets.
(b) Flowing robes.
(c) Bronze-fastened tunics and helmets.
(d) Fur coats.

15. Where does Richard say he gets his ideas from?
(a) The sleep fairy.
(b) While hiking.
(c) From books.
(d) From other people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the thin young woman playing in the old stone house when Leslie and Richard arrive?

2. What color sport coat is the younger Richard wearing in the hotel when Richard talks with him?

3. What kind of animal does Tatiana say "Hallo" to?

4. What descriptive phrase does Attila use to describe himself?

5. Who says, "We have some required courses: Survival, Nourishment, and Shelter."

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