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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is interesting about the dog named Cob that belonged to Ellie's grandmother?
(a) It drank lying down.
(b) It slept on its back.
(c) It growled while it drank.
(d) It could be hypnotised.

2. What are the tasks Ellie sets out to accomplish that she says takes the most time and energy?
(a) Sweeping, dusting, and tidying.
(b) Watching out for attackers and hiding.
(c) Cooking and washing clothes.
(d) Gardening and painting.

3. How many men are approaching the barn with guns?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

4. What is the password Lee uses to contact Colonel Finley?
(a) Roger Rabbit.
(b) Angel patrol.
(c) Lomu.
(d) Mulish.

5. Who does Lee say he'd first thought Ellie was when he saw her in the burning barn?
(a) Fi.
(b) An angel.
(c) Reni.
(d) Robyn.

6. Where does Ellie say she'd learned the most about life?
(a) From television.
(b) From her parents.
(c) From the war.
(d) From school.

7. Who releases the parking brake the second time?
(a) Lee.
(b) Homer.
(c) Kevin.
(d) Ellie.

8. What is the first thing Fi says to Ellie when Ellie relieves her at watch after cooking the lamb?
(a) A soldier patrol passed by.
(b) There are a dozen dogs and cats nearby.
(c) I'm starving.
(d) The kids are out there.

9. Which of the following was not among the weapons the kids had when they attacked Ellie, Fi, and Homer?
(a) Knives.
(b) Guns.
(c) A bow and arrow.
(d) A baseball bat.

10. What does Homer reply when Colonel Finley says they can now be brought "home?"
(a) We're home already.
(b) We'll meet you at Stratton.
(c) Can you wait a week?
(d) I think it's too late.

11. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons the group thinks they should contact the colonel?
(a) The New Zealanders should know the enemy planes are destroyed.
(b) They want to hear a friendly voice.
(c) They need to give help getting back to Hell.
(d) They want to be praised for destroying the planes.

12. How does Ellie say the silence of the neighborhood is different now?
(a) It's an empty silence.
(b) There isn't a difference.
(c) There's a constant background of guns.
(d) She is different because she's killed people.

13. Who picks up their items as Ellie and her group returns to the street where the kids dropped them?
(a) Ellie.
(b) Homer.
(c) Kevin.
(d) Fi.

14. Why does Ellie say they left the radio at Grandma's house in the opening pages of chapter sixteen?
(a) They want Kevin to use it while they are away.
(b) They can't risk the kids getting it.
(c) They are afraid it will rain and the radio will get wet.
(d) The radio is too heavy for them to carry.

15. What is the whistle the members of Ellie's group uses for a signal?
(a) The sound of a whipporwill.
(b) Four notes, high then low.
(c) The opening of Braham's Lullaby.
(d) Five notes from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman who answers their radio communication say about Colonel Finley?

2. What does Ellie remember about Homer's brother who was born when Homer was eight?

3. What does Elliie say they call her Grandma's marmalade?

4. How many trout do the teens catch?

5. Why does Ellie say the river would be safer as it became darker?

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