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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ann change her approach to the farm?
(a) Her usual path has eroded in the last heavy rain.
(b) Loomis is watching for her.
(c) She wants some variety in her life.
(d) The blackberry thickets have grown in her usual path.

2. With what information does the book open in the first sentence?
(a) There was a nuclear holocaust.
(b) The cows are acting strangely.
(c) Ann and her family are alone in the valley.
(d) Someone is coming.

3. How long are Ann's parents and brother gone when they go out?
(a) Just a few hours.
(b) Several days.
(c) A month.
(d) They never return.

4. What does Ann think the visitor is bringing?
(a) Hope.
(b) News.
(c) Heavy equipment and/or supplies.
(d) Disease.

5. What does Ann think should possibly happen on her 17th birthday?
(a) Getting married.
(b) Trying to contact others in the midwest which did not get hit so badly.
(c) Leaving the valley.
(d) Trying to get pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ann worry about if the stranger is still here in winter?

2. What puzzles Ann about Loomis' request that she read him poetry?

3. What does Loomis do at Ann's cave?

4. What flowers does Ann pick and put in Loomis' bedroom?

5. From where is the pond fed?

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