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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. How did Glen Bateman, who went out west to make the Stand, end up dying?

2. Tom Cullen goes to the desert to spy on who or what?

3. Who spies on Frannie Goldsmith and Stu Redman?

4. Which of these is NOT a couple at any point during the book?

5. Who develops appendicitis and dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Randall ponder when he spends the evening alone in Emigrant Valley, roasting a rabbit over a campfire?

2. What is the Hand of God?

3. What did Stu Redman die of?

4. What happens to Harold and Nadine when they are riding west on their motorcycles?

5. Tom and Nick leave Julie behind in Kansas after she tries to do what to them?

6. Why does Tom Cullen leave Las Vegas?

7. What was the purpose of Larry and Ralph and Glen "sacrificing themselves?"

8. Do Larry and Ray survive the nuke?

9. What does Trashcan Man hope to find at the Nellis Air Force Range?

10. What does it mean that Stu Redman is not sick like his friends in Arnette?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some of the characters discussed, W. B. Yeats' "The Second Coming," poem which was written after the First World War. Do you think that it sets the tone for the entire book?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Larry Underwood's character development over the course of the story.

Essay Topic 3

Stuart Redman is a survivor. Analyze how the author uses the character of Stuart Redman to develop the theme of survival.

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