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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Steve suggest they get food?

3. Why does Todd no longer want to be called "Toddy-boy?"

4. Why has Lisa wished to see a moving car for the weeks since the plague?

5. What do Todd and Lisa's signs warn trespassers will happen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Briefly describe the story Lisa tells Todd the night after the gang steals the food Lisa brought from the farm.

3. How does Lisa explain the word "logical" to Todd?

4. What is the plan Craig and Lisa come up with about storing the food?

5. How has Lisa's relationship with Todd changed and what is her attitude about that?

6. What does Lisa discover when she returns to the house with the second load of supplies from the farm?

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

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

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

10. How do Lisa and Todd arrange an alarm system to alert them to intruders?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the daily routine for the children after they move to the high school. How do Lisa's days differ from those of most of the other children?

Essay Topic 2

Describe at least three situations in which Lisa doubts herself or her decisions. How are the three different? How are they the same? What does Lisa learn from each?

Essay Topic 3

How does Lisa become a leader? What are the qualities that make her suited to this job?

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