2. What does Mrs. Grales want the abbot to do?
(a) take Rachel off the planet
(b) baptize Rachel
(c) give Rachel a last confession
(d) give Rachel communion

3. What does Paulo do to make the Poet shut up?
(a) takes his artificial eye
(b) kicks him out of the abbey
(c) steps on his foot
(d) puts a hand oveer the Poet's mouth

4. What does Zerchi ask Cors to do, in order to get permission to use the abbey's land?
(a) promise never enter the gates of the old abbey
(b) swear in writing not to recommend suicide
(c) promise to give medical aid to all refugees
(d) pay a fee to the church

5. What does the police officer give Zerchi?
(a) papers for a civil court case about the protest
(b) an injunction to stop the protests
(c) a medal for service to the refugees
(d) a subpoena to testify about the mercy camp

6. How does Zerchi respond to news reports about the nuclear crisis?
(a) He trusts God to save him.
(b) He is cautiously optimistic.
(c) He is enraged.
(d) He is complacent.

7. Who is Rachel?
(a) Mrs. Grales' daughter
(b) Mrs. Grales' sister
(c) Mrs. Grales' niece
(d) Mrs. Grales' second head

8. How does the Poet die?
(a) He runs out of water while he is lost in the desert.
(b) He is shot while stabbing an officer who is trying to capture refugees.
(c) He commits suicide.
(d) He is hanged for treason.

9. What behavior of Taddeo's party worries Paulo?
(a) heavy drinking and dancing
(b) the party pushing around the monks
(c) the officers refusing to allow the lower ranked party members to eat
(d) the officers making drawings of the abbey's defenses

10. How does Paulo treat the Old Jew?
(a) as a friend
(b) as a heathen who must be converted
(c) as an enemy
(d) fearfully

11. About what do Dr. Cors and Zerchi disagree?
(a) euthanasia
(b) how deadly radiation is
(c) abortion
(d) nuclear war

12. What does the statue at the mercy camp resemble?
(a) the President
(b) a weeping mother
(c) Christ
(d) the Old Jew

13. How does Taddeo think the monks may react to his ideas?
(a) He thinks they will all praise him.
(b) He is afraid they will be offended.
(c) He thinks that they will be welcoming but skeptical.
(d) He thinks none of them could understand, even in simple language.

14. What is Thon Maho Makh investigating?
(a) the beginning of the solar system
(b) the possible existence of a lost pocket of civilization
(c) the effects of nuclear radiation on humanity
(d) evolution and the origin of humanity

15. Why does Mad Bear stop raiding Hannegan?
(a) to stop upcoming war
(b) to plan a larger assault
(c) to encourage peace and joint prosperity
(d) in exchange for weapons and supplies