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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Francis fail to complete his shelter?
(a) He realizes that while he's been in the fallout shelter, wolves have surrounded his shelter.
(b) He spends too much time exploring the fallout shelter and runs out of light.
(c) He cannot find enough rocks to complete the shelter.
(d) He cannot find the right shape rock for the last piece.

2. What do the Dominicans find in the sealed inner chamber of the Fallout Shelter?
(a) a miraculously preserved body
(b) 15 skeletons
(c) blueprint making materials
(d) a treasure trove of electronic equipment

3. To what does Brother Francis attribute his finding of the fallout shelter?
(a) a lucky accident
(b) an inevitable, predestined fate
(c) a purposeful design by the strange pilgrim
(d) a sign from God of his vocation as a monk of Leibowitz

4. What does the abbot do when he finds out that Francis is planning a complex, illustrated project glorifying Leibowitz's blueprint?
(a) sends Francis back to work in the kitchen
(b) revokes Francis's vocation
(c) orders Francis to stop work on the project immediately
(d) shrugs and walk away

5. What does Francis admit about the strange pilgrim?
(a) He wrote two unintelligible marks on a rock.
(b) His head glowed as if he might have a halo.
(c) After he left, Francis did discover some rose petals in the dirt.
(d) His words seemed drowned out, perhaps by a heavenly choir.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Francis open the racing form?

2. What does Francis speculate that the stain on the blueprint might be?

3. What does the Abbot do when Francis won't categorically deny any mystical significance to the stranger?

4. With what does the Abbot hit Francis?

5. To what does Cheroki compare Francis' desire to have a vocation?

(see the answer key)

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