Alas, Babylon Test | Final Test - Hard

Pat Frank
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Alas, Babylon Test | Final Test - Hard

Pat Frank
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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 was wrong with the children Dan went to treat?

2. What does Randy decide about the Henrys' hens?

3. What does the Acting President announce on the radio?

4. What does Randy tell Ben about his father?

5. How does Dan keep gas in his car?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Peyton found in the attic and what does Randy say to her?

2. How does Dan keep his car going and the Admiral's radio working?

3. Who asks Randy for permission to make corn whiskey and what does he need?

4. What happens at Dan's office?

5. What happened to Dan when he was beaten?

6. What happens to the frozen food at Randy's and what do they decide to do about it?

7. How do Dan and Randy figure out where the illness is coming from?

8. In what shape do they find Dan and what happened to him?

9. What does Randy think about the highwaymen after Dan tells him his story?

10. What kind of illness in town worries Dan and who seems to have it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ironically, Edgar starts a bank run and single-handedly destroys the cash and credit he believes civilization needs to survive. He is humiliated and takes his own life because he cannot face it.

1. Do think humiliation could actually cause someone to commit suicide? Why or why not?

2. What do you usually do when you've been humiliated or very embarrassed?

3. What have you learned from times in which you've been humiliated or embarrassed? How would it relate to Edgar?

Essay Topic 2

Randy asks who won but Paul's answer includes the remark that there isn't much left to win, that it didn't really matter.

1. Do you think countries would ever have an all out nuclear war knowing that it would destroy civilization? Why or why not?

2. How do you think the U.S. was able to determine it had won the war? Do you think it mattered? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Edgar Quisenberry is in denial, believing he has enough cash and the bank enough staying power to make it through. Pride and arrogance stop him from limiting withdrawals as his teller suggests.

1. Why do you think someone would withdraw into a delusion when afraid?

2. Describe a time when you or someone you know denied a situation because of fear.

3. Do you think if you had been in the situation when the bombs dropped you might go into denial? Why or why not?

(see the answer keys)

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