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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 color does the thermometer glow when one of the children has fever in Part V: “The Winnowing,” Chapter 38?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

2. How deep does Cassie say the snow is on day two as she stays holed up in a vehicle during the blizzard in Part IV: “Mayfly,” Chapter 32?
(a) 6 inches deep.
(b) 1 foot deep.
(c) 10 feet deep.
(d) 3 feet deep.

3. 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) “Lost and found.”
(b) “Listen and follow.”
(c) “Obey and commit.”
(d) “Remember and colors.”

4. Sammy tells the girl who’s sitting across from him on the bus in Part V: “The Winnowing,” Chapter 38 that his name is Sam, but that everyone calls him Sammy except for Cassie. What does Cassie call him?
(a) Bubba.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Sams.
(d) Snickers.

5. What does Cassie call the blinking orb-like bomb left behind by the soldiers in Part I: “The Last Historian”?
(a) “The Dorothy.”
(b) “The Silencer.”
(c) “The Eye.”
(d) “The Ted.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does the narrator of Part II: “Wonderland” say he is?

2. The girl sitting across from Sammy on the bus in Part V: “The Winnowing,” Chapter 38 tells him that her little brother died. What was his name?

3. Where was Evan going to study engineering after graduating high school, according to the narrator in Part IV: “Mayfly,” Chapter 36?

4. What does the Silencer do at the end of Part III: “Silencer,” Chapter 31?

5. What does Cassie say her full first name is in Part I: “The Last Historian,” Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the members of Squad 53 described in Part VI: “The Human Clay”?

2. Where is Cassie Sullivan when she awakens in Part IV: “Mayfly,” Chapter 33? How is the setting described?

3. What does Ben’s silver locket symbolize in the novel?

4. What kinds of literary allusions are seen in Parts I through III of The 5th Wave?

5. How are the first attacks by the Others described in Part I: “The Last Historian”?

6. Who is the narrator in Part I: “The Last Historian”? What information is related to the reader in the first chapters of the story?

7. What does Evan Walker reveal about his family in Part IV: “Mayfly,” Chapter 35?

8. What takes place when Sammy meets Dr. Pam in Part V: “The Winnowing”?

9. What does Zombie learn from his encounter with Chris in Part II: “Wonderland”?

10. How is the character of Ringer described in Part VI: “The Human Clay”?

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