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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is not among the first group of inmates to arrive in quarantine?
(a) The First Man
(b) The First Man's Wife
(c) The Squinting Child
(d) The Girl with Dark Glasses

2. Which two characters are given sneakers rather than boots by the Doctor's Wife?
(a) The Man with the Eye-Patch and the First Man
(b) The Girl with Dark Glasses and the First Man's Wife
(c) The Doctor and the Girl with Dark Glasses
(d) The Man with the Eye Patch and the Squinting Child

3. Which character urinates in his pants?
(a) The Squinting Child
(b) The First Man
(c) The Thief
(d) The Doctor

4. At the beginning of Chapter 9, approximately how many internees are in quarantine?
(a) Three hundred and fifty
(b) Three hundred
(c) One hundred and eighty
(d) Two hundred and forty

5. With what item does the First Man cut himself?
(a) Broken vase
(b) Loose Nail in the Floor
(c) Newspaper
(d) Kitchen Knife

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the second person who goes blind in the novel?

2. What does a blind person grab from the Doctor's Wife as she runs from the grocery?

3. What do two men returning from the Thugs warn the first warders not to do?

4. Why do the soldiers not shoot the blind inmates as they flee the quarantine?

5. What aggravates the Doctor in his call with the Ministry of Health?

(see the answer key)

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