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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Colonel Macklin is encouraged by a mysterious entity that he calls __________.
(a) The shadow soldier.
(b) Smoke.
(c) The mirror self.
(d) The dark passenger.

2. What unusual sight does Swan witness while her mother is fighting with "Uncle" Tommy?
(a) Hundreds of fireflies land on her window.
(b) The clouds all suddenly disperse.
(c) The wind repeatedly changes directions.
(d) A huge flock of crows flies over the house.

3. What member of Sister's group gives up hope and cannot cross through the tunnel with the others?
(a) The Spanish woman.
(b) Jack.
(c) Beth.
(d) Artie.

4. After acquiring a map of the country, Sister decides to go to ____________.
(a) Texas.
(b) Montana.
(c) California.
(d) Kansas.

5. Whom did Sister see in the dream walk she had after she and Artie escaped from Doyle?
(a) Josh and Swan.
(b) Darleen.
(c) The Spanish woman.
(d) Roland and Macklin.

6. How does Macklin's inner voice react to what he discovers when he is called away by Perimeter Control?
(a) It is frightened.
(b) It is excited.
(c) It gloats over his misfortune.
(d) It is indifferent.

7. What does Paul plan to do when the batteries and food run out?
(a) Flee on his own.
(b) Go scavenging in the town.
(c) Force the others to leave.
(d) Kill the other survivors.

8. What does Leona do to buy more time for Josh and Swan?
(a) She seduces Alvin.
(b) She sacrifices herself.
(c) She volunteers for the game.
(d) She tricks Alvin.

9. The city of Matheson was once home to what type of an institution?
(a) An insane asylum.
(b) A nuclear power plant.
(c) A military academy.
(d) A regional hospital.

10. What grizzly sight do Josh, Swan, and Leona see when they enter the K-mart?
(a) Blood coating the floor.
(b) Human skins hung on the walls.
(c) Human heads on mannequins.
(d) Piles of human entrails.

11. Chapter 6 opens in a theater named ______________.
(a) The Empire State Theatre.
(b) The 36th Street Imperial Theatre.
(c) The Gottfried.
(d) The Golden Branch Theatre.

12. Roland and Macklin ambush Sheila Fontana just outside a settlement located in __________.
(a) Detroit.
(b) New York.
(c) Denver.
(d) Salt Late.

13. What does Artie dream of when he uses the glass ring?
(a) A picnic with his wife.
(b) White clouds and sunshine.
(c) A trip to the beach.
(d) His home.

14. What happens to the part of the glass ring that Doyle touches?
(a) It shatters.
(b) It turns dark.
(c) It burns him.
(d) It bursts into blue flame.

15. What happens immediately after Swan senses danger?
(a) Bombs begin landing around the building.
(b) Missiles shoot out from the cornfields.
(c) A distant nuclear blast shatters the windows.
(d) There is an explosion inside the building.

Short Answer Questions

1. As she travels through New York city, Sister Creep observes the effects of a strike by __________.

2. What minor problem cascades into a major disaster at Earth House shortly after the nuclear attacks begin?

3. How does Roland react to the process of amputating Colonel Macklin's hand?

4. What destroys the President's plane?

5. What is Sgt. Schorr's specialty?

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