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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. Who is the only one who can keep up with Kevin?

2. Who is impatient to get home when the teens leave Hell?

3. Who is a bad driver?

4. Where is the milk bar?

5. Where do the teens hear an explosion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What emotions does Ellie feel as she considers what may have happened to her parents?

2. What is the first thing Ellie notices when she returns home?

3. How does Fiona attempt to explain away the planes Ellie saw in Hell?

4. Describe the Secret Seven's descent into Hell.

5. Who are the Secret Seven?

6. What does Ellie find when she rushes into her house?

7. Why do Lee's opinions about the planes seem to upset Ellie?

8. How does Ellie describe Fiona?

9. Why does Ellie yell at Lee when she hears the Land Rover start up?

10. How does Fiona feel about the idea that an invasion has occurred, and what does she say about the desertion of their homes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A romance seems to be brewing between Homer and Fiona in Chapters 1 through 5. Why is this surprising?

Essay Topic 2

Other than a war, what other reasonable explanations could there be for the absence of the teens' parents and the state of their homes when they return from Hell?

Essay Topic 3

What are the reasons Ellie likes both Homer and Lee? How are these two boys the same or different?

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