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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does Loomis say Ann's family probably died?
(a) Nerve gas.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Radiation poisoning.
(d) Mob violence.

2. What does Ann do later in the day without Loomis?
(a) Fish.
(b) Walk to the store.
(c) Visit the church.
(d) Row on the pond.

3. When Ann's father returns from scouting the first time he went out, what does he report finding?
(a) Only a few have died around a 50 mile radius of their place.
(b) Some areas still have a few people.
(c) He never returned from his scouting expedition.
(d) Lots of dead bodies.

4. What does Loomis' boss' invention do?
(a) Detects a special type of radiation.
(b) Eats radiation.
(c) Absorbs radiation.
(d) Repels radiation.

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

6. In what month does the book open?
(a) January.
(b) November.
(c) June.
(d) May.

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

8. What happens when Ann asks him about the person in question 63?
(a) He says he does not want to talk about it.
(b) He drops his glass of water.
(c) He gets angry.
(d) He starts sobbing.

9. Where does Ann take the cows and young bull?
(a) To the neighobor's farm.
(b) To a far pasture.
(c) No where.
(d) To the cave.

10. What does Ann decide she will do after cooking breakfast?
(a) Go fishing.
(b) Practice the piano.
(c) Write in her journal.
(d) Go to the store.

11. What does the man do at Burden Creek?
(a) Takes some soil samples of the creek bed.
(b) Takes a bath.
(c) Puts a chemical in the water.
(d) Checks for radiation.

12. Why doesn't Ann use the tractor?
(a) It is too big for the size of garden she is making.
(b) She does not know how to get it running.
(c) It has flat tires.
(d) She needs gas.

13. 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.

14. What set of reading material does Ann give Loomis?
(a) A couple carpentry books.
(b) A stack of Mother Earth magazines.
(c) The Farmer's Mechanic.
(d) The Farmer's Almanacs from the last twenty-five years.

15. What does Ann do to the chickens before hiding out?
(a) Kills them.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Puts them in small wire cages and takes them to the cave.
(d) Chases them out of their fenced in area.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ann feel about the man being there as she gets ready to sleep that night?

2. What does Ann fear about Loomis?

3. Whom does the man feed?

4. About what was Ann correct, much to Loomis' dismay?

5. What does Ann observe as she sits in her cave at night?

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