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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Florence eat for breakfast?

2. Why does Mark want his family to leave?

3. What does Helen ask Randy about Offutt Field?

4. What does Florence ask Alice to do?

5. What does Randy think about the front of the McGoverns' house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Florence know Randy and what does she think of him in the beginning of the book?

2. Why is Alice late meeting Florence and what ultimately happened?

3. Who is Florence Wechek and what is discovered about her at the beginning of the book?

4. What does Bill McGovern say to Randy about his warning from Mark?

5. Who are the Bragg brothers and what are they both doing at the beginning of the book?

6. Who barges in on Randy after he returns home from his errands in town and what does she say?

7. What happens when Mark's flight arrives at McCoy?

8. Who's the second person to stop in at Randy's house after he returned from town?

9. What does Florence tell Alice about Randy?

10. Where did Randy go after he left the bank and what did he do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Randy's final humiliation of Edgar by trading paper for cash to buy goods symbolizes the fate he boasts won't happen with him in charge.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Why do you think Edgar is unwilling to see what might be the reality of the situation with his bank?

3. Describe one other use of symbolism you've seen in the book so far.

Essay Topic 2

They take one prisoner to hang the next day in town. They leave three dead highwaymen to rot on the road as a silent witness that crime in Fort Repose won't pay.

1. Justice has been changed by "The Day." No trials, appeals, etc. just martial law and a swift hanging. Do you think this is good or bad? Why or why not?

2. Why do you think Randy wanted to hang the highwayman instead of just shooting him out on the road?

3. If you had the responsibility that Randy has how would you have handled the problem of highwaymen? Use several examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Alice becomes a learning resource for the community and helps Dan practice hypnosis for anesthesia. When old methods don't work or are not available, new methods for doing essential tasks must be found.

1. Do you think some interesting inventions might come out of this tragedy? Why or why not?

2. What do you think are the most important needs to survive in a world with no medical supplies or electricity? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

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