2. How is it clear that Ezra has improved?
(a) He is able to carry on a conversation.
(b) He has a good appetite.
(c) His breathing is not labored.
(d) His coloring is better.

3. What does the principal announce on the day it rains?
(a) That the rain will wash away any contamination.
(b) That the rain will contaminate the groundwater.
(c) That the air is still radioactive and not to remove their masks.
(d) That the leak is contained and the air is good.

4. Who comes on the t.v. to talk about the radiation accident?
(a) The Surgeon General.
(b) The Energy Secretary.
(c) The Prime Minister.
(d) The President of the United States.

5. What does Ezra do when Nyla introduces herself?
(a) He turns away from her.
(b) He blinks, nods and then closes his eyes again.
(c) He says hello and tells her his name.
(d) He sits up and asks her what the book is that she's carrying.

6. What does Nyle reply to Muncie's statement?
(a) That no one will tell her who to hang out with.
(b) That she wasn't as brave as she might have seemed.
(c) That she puts up with powers because he is violent.
(d) That they should put the sheep on a cart and call the vet.

7. Why does Nyle show Mrs. Trent the book about a boy in a train station?
(a) To get her approval.
(b) To ask her if she has read it.
(c) To suggest Mrs. Trent read the book to Ezra.
(d) To suggest Ezra is like the boy.

8. What does Nyle ask Gran?
(a) What Gran likes best about sheep farming.
(b) What her dad was like.
(c) Why Granpa died so suddenly.
(d) How Gran copes with so much death.

9. What does Ezra do when he sees the new puppy Nyle gets him?
(a) Says it's the best present he's ever had.
(b) Screams that it's radioactive.
(c) Names it Shep's girl.
(d) Immediately puts it in the bed with him.

10. When Nyla starts crying, what does Ezra do?
(a) Tells her she is being too loud.
(b) Tells her not to feel sorry for herself.
(c) Offers her a tissue.
(d) Asks if she is crying.

11. What do the girls do as they approach the farmhouse?
(a) Tell a joke about Ripley.
(b) Go their separate ways.
(c) Take the sheep to the barn.
(d) Play a game with stones.

12. What does Mr. Sobel tell the students?
(a) That they would be doing an experiment with sulfur.
(b) About zygots.
(c) That the fruit fly experiment has been canceled because the radiation killed the flies.
(d) About radioactive materials.

13. Who defends Muncie before Nyle has the chance to do so?
(a) Muncie.
(b) Gran.
(c) Bob.
(d) Dan.

14. Who does Nyle invite along?
(a) Muncie.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Ripley.
(d) No one.

15. What does Nyla do with her mask after talking with Gran?
(a) She burns it.
(b) She hang it on a hook in the kitchen as a symbol of remembrance.
(c) She rips it into tiny pieces.
(d) She says she is going to keep wearing it for a few more days.