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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 is the idea Eileen comes up with for a fun weapon?
(a) A slingshot.
(b) A BB gun.
(c) A water gun.
(d) A fire extinguisher.

2. What do the children discover Lisa and Todd are doing when they disappear from the singing?
(a) Lisa is teaching Todd to drive.
(b) They are gone for another load of sodas.
(c) They are looking for a new place to live.
(d) They are building a fence.

3. Who is appointed to head up the militia?
(a) Todd.
(b) Julie.
(c) Steve.
(d) Craig.

4. What were the meetings that Lisa attended on Mondays before the plague?
(a) 4-H.
(b) Girl Scouts.
(c) Drama Club.
(d) Science Club.

5. Where does Todd get water?
(a) The backyard faucet.
(b) The neighbor's house.
(c) Lake Ellyn.
(d) A pond across the highway.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lisa take a wicker basket with her?

2. What kind of seeds does Lisa pull from her bag during the meeting?

3. Why does Lisa slam on the brakes when she and Craig are returning to the warehouse?

4. What kind of crops are growing in the fields of the first farm where Lisa stops?

5. What tool do they use to get through the window and into the warehouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. Lisa talks to Todd about her sense of accomplishment. What does she say about it?

2. What are some of the options Lisa can think of as ways to get food?

3. What kind of life does Craig wish for and what is Lisa's response?

4. What is Craig thinking as he and Lisa go to the warehouse in two cars one night?

5. What are some of the suggestions the other children have as an alternative to forming a militia?

6. Describe how Lisa and Craig get to the warehouse and how they get in.

7. Briefly describe the letter Lisa finds on the table in the farm house.

8. How does Todd decide to go fishing, how does he get ready to go and what's his attitude when he returns?

9. What does Lisa find in her closet that reminds her of her old life, and how does she feel when she finds it?

10. Describe what Lisa imagines she'll find in a grocery warehouse and how she comes up with the idea.

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