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

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

3. Of what does Ezra's speaking just once remind Mrs. Trent?
(a) Of the need to keep Ezra from knowing about his father.
(b) A passage in the Torah.
(c) That Ezra used to be such a talker.
(d) Her husband's passing.

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

5. What do Muncie and Nyle do after working in the pasture?
(a) Build a snow fort.
(b) Go to spin wool at Muncie's house.
(c) Walk to town for hot chocolate.
(d) Have a discussion about Ezra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the girls encounter some male classmates?

2. Who defends Muncie before Nyle has the chance to do so?

3. What do the girls do as they approach the farmhouse?

4. Of what does Mrs. Trent start showing symptoms?

5. What does Nyle reply to Muncie's statement?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is it obvious that the two teens feel some attraction for each other?

2. What does it mean when Nyle looks at all of her treasures and realizes that if the wind shifts, she will have to leave them all behind?

3. Describe Nyle's attempts to scare the neighbor's dog, Tyrus, away from the sheep. Why does Nyle want Tyrus to get off her property?

4. What emotion is Nyle experiencing and what is Gran's advice about the emotion? Do you think it is wise advice?

5. Of what is the open curtain symbolic?

6. What adds to the tension between the Muncie and Nyle?

7. What do the girls do in Radio Shack and why is that ironic?

8. What does Nyle ask her Gran about sheep farming and what is Gran's response? Does Nyle's response surprise you?

9. What do you think Ezra means when he says he feels like a phoenix?

10. Describe Nyle and Muncie's encounter with Ripley and what you think the encounter may foreshadow.

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