2. 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.

3. Why does Nyle refuse Muncie's invitation?
(a) She is not allowed cake before dinner.
(b) She has to go home to care for Ezra.
(c) She has to bring in the sheep after the snowfall.
(d) She wants to go to the exhibit with a boy she likes who asks her.

4. What does Mr. Harris do?
(a) Tells Nyle and Muncie a scary story as they card wool.
(b) Milks the cow to make ice cream.
(c) Plays the banjo to entertain the girls as they card wool.
(d) Builds a fire for Nyle and Muncie.

5. What does Nyla decide she can do to help Ezra?
(a) Play checkers with him.
(b) Sing to him.
(c) Read to him.
(d) Draw pictures of her dog.

6. Who is in the back room?
(a) Nyle's cousin.
(b) Evacuees.
(c) Nyle's father.
(d) Grandpa.

7. What does Nyla decide is one of the things she needs to do?
(a) Help a little with Ezra's physical care.
(b) Ask her gran about the truth about her father.
(c) Make friends with Ripley.
(d) Tell Muncie about Ezra.

8. Who goes with Nyle to watch the meteor shower?
(a) Gran.
(b) Muncie.
(c) No one; there is no meteor shower.
(d) Caleb.

9. Where has Mrs. Haskins been?
(a) Out of the country.
(b) In bed ill.
(c) At a teacher's convention.
(d) On personal leave.

10. What is the only thing Ezra says to Nyle?
(a) "Who are you?"
(b) "I want to go home."
(c) "I want my mommie."
(d) "I had a dog."

11. Who is Tyrus?
(a) The paper boy.
(b) The mail carrier.
(c) A stray dog.
(d) A stray cat.

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

13. What are Nyle and Gran doing down in the cellar?
(a) Making sauerkraut.
(b) Canning fruit.
(c) Sorting through the potatoes.
(d) Making cheese.

14. Who does not answer Nyle's calls?
(a) Gran and the dog and cat.
(b) Nyle's grandpa.
(c) Nyle's mother.
(d) Nyle's father.

15. Where do the girls encounter some male classmates?
(a) In the mall.
(b) At the movies.
(c) At the arcade.
(d) At a restaurant for lunch.