View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the man wearing who arrives in Ann's sight?
(a) A business suit.
(b) Coveralls.
(c) A strange plastic suit.
(d) A military uniform.

2. About what does Ann tell Loomis?
(a) Her cellar with lots of canned goods.
(b) Her family.
(c) Her radio that is still working.
(d) Her secret diary.

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

4. After four days, what does Loomis' temperature mean?
(a) He will get sicker, but will most likely survive.
(b) He is pretty much cured.
(c) He has the worse form of radiation.
(d) He is still in the interim period.

5. What is Loomis doing when Ann returns home?
(a) Checking the radiation levels of the Creek.
(b) Playing the piano.
(c) Cutting firewood.
(d) Writing out instructions for a windmill.

6. How does Loomis get there from where he started?
(a) Bicycle.
(b) Horseback until the horse dies.
(c) Walking.
(d) Car until he ran out of gas.

7. Why does Ann go down to the farm yard with her gun?
(a) To check on the man.
(b) To get Faro.
(c) To confront the man.
(d) To steal some eggs.

8. What does the man do at the pond?
(a) Bathes.
(b) Puts a chemical in the water.
(c) Goes fishing.
(d) Takes a reading with some kind of instrument.

9. What seems to puzzle the man after he goes inside Ann's home?
(a) There is fresh food in the cabinets.
(b) Faro isn't barking at the man.
(c) No one is there.
(d) There are green plants in the sunroom.

10. What inspires Ann to make a salad?
(a) A dream about her mother.
(b) Loomis talks about his salad garden.
(c) A dream about a rabbit.
(d) Seeing an add in a magazine.

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

12. Who goes with Ann to gather the greens?
(a) Faro.
(b) Loomis.
(c) The young bull.
(d) A barn cat.

13. How many people has Loomis met on his journey?
(a) Several thousand.
(b) None besides Ann.
(c) Two others besides Ann.
(d) Less than a dozen.

14. What had the team just completed before the war?
(a) A suit made of kevlar.
(b) A suit of the polymer.
(c) A suit of the special metal.
(d) A suit made of a silk like material that the amoeba creates.

15. What does Loomis show Ann in one of her father's books?
(a) How to build a greenhouse.
(b) How to build a wind turbine.
(c) How to get gas out of the pumps manually.
(d) How to build a water wheel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ann do to the chickens before hiding out?

2. What did the man lay on top of his cart?

3. Since it is June, what is urgent that Ann do?

4. What does Ann think Faro will do?

5. What does Loomis say about the night the bombs fall?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 575 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample