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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 say that she and Todd won't take over the farm?

2. What color is Lisa's hair?

3. What is the smell Lisa detects in the kitchen?

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

5. One of the suggestions is to have Tom Logan's gang fight off the Chidester Gang. How is it suggested that they get Tom Logan on their side?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What kind of training do the children dislike most and who is teaching them about this?

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

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

7. What does Lisa start to say about the children who didn't come out to fight off the gang, why does she change her mind and why does she let the children tell the story any way they choose?

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

9. Briefly tell what the man wrote to his son John in the letter Lisa found on the writing desk.

10. What are some of the things Lisa takes from the house she breaks into?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the most pressing needs for the children who live in Lisa's neighborhood in the weeks after the plague? How do those needs change after the children move into the high school?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Lisa move the children to the high school? How does she maintain control? How does she continue to maintain control even after hundreds of children join them?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Lisa believe that the city is better than the farm? Why does Craig believe the farm is better than the city? Which is correct?

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