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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. What does Ann use to gather greens?
(a) A plastic grocery bag.
(b) A wheelbarrow.
(c) A rolling suitcase.
(d) The basket her mother always used.

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

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

4. How does Ann spend much of the next day?
(a) Planting greens.
(b) Bringing the cows to the front pasture.
(c) Gathering the chickens.
(d) Plowing fields with the tractor.

5. What bothers Ann about the man and her chickens?
(a) He captures them and puts them in his cart.
(b) He eats some of her eggs.
(c) He can hear them.
(d) He kills one of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Loomis go with Ann?

2. About what does Ann tell Loomis?

3. What does Ann decide to do about safety?

4. What is Loomis' main health problem at this time?

5. Where does her parents say they are going first in their explorations?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the stranger and what was his job before the war?

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

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

4. Explain why Ann is alone in the valley.

5. What does the man in the suit do when he finally arrives at Ann's house?

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

7. Why is the valley special?

8. How does Ann get the tractor running and what planting decision does she make?

9. Why does Ann bring Loomis into her home?

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

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