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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ann observe as she sits in her cave at night?
(a) The visitor had built a fire in the yard.
(b) The person seems young.
(c) There might be more than one visitor.
(d) The cows had returned to the barn.

2. How does Ann know what she states in the opening sentence?
(a) She sees smoke.
(b) Someone has been shooting a rifle.
(c) The dog herds the cows home who kick at Ann.
(d) They heard the news on the radio.

3. What does Ann worry about if the stranger is still here in winter?
(a) Having enough food if feeding two.
(b) Surviving winter in a cave.
(c) Having enough wood.
(d) Sharing a house with a stranger.

4. What does Ann see when she goes and looks out of the boundaries of her valley?
(a) Everything is dead.
(b) A valley about 40 miles away that has signs of life.
(c) Lots of animals but no people.
(d) Smoke in three different directions.

5. How does Ann feel about the man being there as she gets ready to sleep that night?
(a) Angry.
(b) Resentful.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Fearful but companionable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ann begin recording the events of her day?

2. What does Ann do with Loomis' gun?

3. Why hasn't Ann written in her journal for quite some time?

4. What does Ann think about in a flashback to right after the war?

5. What does Ann think Faro will do?

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