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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what is Loomis searching?
(a) Survivors.
(b) His young son and daughter.
(c) His wife.
(d) His parents.

2. What does the man set up in the front yard?
(a) A tent.
(b) A hand-cranked generator.
(c) A water purification filter.
(d) A radio transmitter.

3. What does Ann notice on her way down to the farm on the new route?
(a) Deer tracks.
(b) A bird's nest full of chicks.
(c) The crabapple tree is heavy with apples.
(d) Signs of squirrels and rabbits.

4. What does Ann worry about concerning the tomatoes?
(a) The beetles are eating a lot of them.
(b) How to get them canned when she is not living at the house.
(c) They need special fertilizer.
(d) They are stunted and she wonders if it's radiation.

5. What does Loomis tell Ann he heard while delirious?
(a) Gunshots.
(b) Whispers.
(c) Her playing the piano.
(d) An owl hooting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Loomis' boss invent?

2. Where does Ann take the cows and young bull?

3. What does Ann do the morning after leaving the house during the night?

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

5. Where does Ann go in the dark?

(see the answer key)

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