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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Doyle believes that Sister's group is being affected by what?
(a) Excessive faith.
(b) Hysteria.
(c) Mass hypnosis.
(d) A hoax.

3. Sister's group passes through what tunnel as they flee Manhattan?
(a) The Holland tunnel.
(b) The Steinway tunnel.
(c) The Lincoln tunnel.
(d) The Clark Street tunnel.

4. What does Roland realize will be the best source of power for himself and Macklin?
(a) Macklin's military experience.
(b) Their weapons.
(c) Persuasion.
(d) Sheila's drugs.

5. What type of events does Leona seem to predict?
(a) Disasters.
(b) Births.
(c) Changes in the weather.
(d) Deaths.

6. Rusty Weathers belonged to what kind of an organization?
(a) A circus.
(b) A local government.
(c) A paramilitary force.
(d) An acting troupe.

7. What is Josh Hutchins' nickname?
(a) The Doctor.
(b) Black Frankenstein.
(c) The Stalker.
(d) Cobra.

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

9. What does Colonel Macklin believe about the Earth House?
(a) It is a social experiment.
(b) It is pointless.
(c) It is a marvel of engineering.
(d) It is structurally unsound.

10. At the beginning of the novel, the United States and what other nation are gearing up for nuclear war?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) China.
(c) The USSR.
(d) North Korea.

11. When Sister and Artie return from searching for supplies, they discover that Doyle is really _________.
(a) The former President.
(b) A spy.
(c) The man who likes movies.
(d) A priest.

12. When he comes to his senses, Colonel Macklin realizes he is trapped where?
(a) Beneath a collapsed tunnel.
(b) In the locked-down command room.
(c) In an empty water main.
(d) At the bottom of a pit.

13. What state do Sister and Artie go to after fleeing from Doyle?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Kentucky.

14. What film is being shown at the opening of Chapter 6?
(a) Kosovo Autumn.
(b) The Seventh Seal.
(c) The Face of Death.
(d) Silencio.

15. After taking control of the Salt Lake settlement, Macklin dons a uniform from what historical place and time?
(a) Fascist Italy.
(b) The Confederacy.
(c) Soviet Russia.
(d) Nazi Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual sight does Swan witness while her mother is fighting with "Uncle" Tommy?

2. What does Paul plan to do when the batteries and food run out?

3. What happens to "the man who likes movies" during his encounter with Sister Creep?

4. What does Macklin discover when he is called away by Perimeter Control?

5. What is Crybaby?

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