View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Lana work for as an assistant prior to the sun flares?

2. What do Mark and Alec use to cover their noses and mouths when they return to the village in Chapter 10?

3. What do the cult followers call their leader in Chapter 25?

4. What is the name of the little girl that Mark's group encounters in Chapter 18?

5. What causes the sound that shakes the underground tunnel in the end of Mark's dream in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Mark and Alec gain access to the interior of the Berg in Chapter 5?

2. Why do the tribal cult followers say they came to the woods in Chapter 24? What do they reveal about Deedee?

3. How is the camp of the tribal cult followers described in Chapter 23?

4. How is the Berg described in Chapter 3? What happens when the Berg's ramp opens up?

5. How does Alec confront the pilots once he enters the cockpit of the Berg in Chapter 7?

6. What is described as Trina's favorite activity in Chapter 1? Where does Trina live?

7. Who kills the Toad in Chapter 16? Why?

8. What does Lana theorize about the virus in Chapter 17?

9. What information do Mark and Alec gain from the workpad in Chapter 9?

10. How does Mark manage to make his way back to the Central Shack in Chapter 4? What does he do afterward?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Lana's death in the narrative. Where is Lana when Mark and Alec track her down in Chapter 55? How is her appearance described? Why does Alec kill Lana?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the journey of Mark, Alec, Lana, Trina, Misty, and Darnell to the settlement in North Carolina. How does the group reach North Carolina? Why do they choose this location for a settlement? For how long have they lived in the settlement when the narrative begins?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Mark's fight with the male and female pilots aboard the Berg as he and Alec attempt to escape the Berg airbase. What about this conflict causes Mark concern? Do you think his concerns are justified? Why or why not?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 986 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample