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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Loomis go with Ann?
(a) He is too weak.
(b) He wants to write in his journal.
(c) He needs to work on generator plans.
(d) He wants to try contacting others with Ann's radio.

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

3. How long was the war?
(a) A day.
(b) A week.
(c) A couple months.
(d) They do not know.

4. For what does Ann really long?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Fresh salad and greens.
(d) Her brother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What bothers Ann about the man and her chickens?

2. Why doesn't Ann use the tractor?

3. What did Ann and her brother realize about Burden Creek?

4. What does the man do at the pond?

5. What does Ann decide to plant?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Loomis seem later that evening, and what does Ann give him?

2. Why does Ann decide to go down to the farm yard and what does she discover?

3. What is the situation in the valley about the water supply?

4. What does Ann worry about when she discovers that Faro has returned?

5. How does the man discover his terrible error about the Creek and what does he do?

6. Explain why Ann is alone in the valley.

7. Why doesn't Ann think the arriving stranger is in a car and what does she think about what he is bringing?

8. How does Loomis manage to survive on his long journey walking from New York?

9. What does Ann daydream about as she is picking salad greens?

10. Why is Mr. Loomis at Burden Creek when Ann returns from picking greens, and how does he think the Creek can be used?

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