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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: “The Winnowing,” Chapters 37-41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fraction of the surviving population does the doctor say are actually infested by the Others in Part II: “Wonderland”?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 1/5.
(c) 1/3.
(d) 1/10.

2. At what age was the Silencer when the Other inside him awoke, according to the narrator in Part III: “Silencer”?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

3. What does Ben call the doctor who treats him in the plague-infested ward of the military hospital in Part II: “Wonderland”?
(a) Dr. Hutchfield.
(b) Dr. Smith
(c) Dr. Vosch.
(d) Dr. Pam.

4. Sammy is given a card with what number on it in Part V: “The Winnowing,” Chapter 39?
(a) 49.
(b) 5.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

5. What are the two words that comprise “rule number two” that is announced to the children when they arrive at Camp Haven in Part V: “The Winnowing,” Chapter 39?
(a) “Listen and follow.”
(b) “Lost and found.”
(c) “Obey and commit.”
(d) “Remember and colors.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Cassie’s little brother in the novel?

2. The paperback books that Cassie takes with her when she sets out from her home in Part I: “The Last Historian” are Huckleberry Finn and what?

3. Cassie says in Part I: “The Last Historian” that the 3rd Wave took out more than how many people?

4. In the narrator’s metaphor for war in Part III: “Silencer,” what does he refer to as “the battlefield”?

5. The narrator asserts in Part III: “Silencer,” “Cruelty isn’t a personality trait. Cruelty is” what?

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