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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of voice does Lee accuse Ellie of using?
(a) A baby voice.
(b) A whining voice.
(c) A primary-school-teacher voice.
(d) A drill-sergeant voice.

2. What does Ellie say has suffered the worst damage during the war?
(a) The damage to the farms.
(b) The damage to the ecosystem.
(c) The damage to the factories.
(d) The damage inside each of the people.

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

4. Who objects when they decide to build a fire?
(a) Homer.
(b) Kevin.
(c) No one.
(d) Lee.

5. What does Ellie say is different about the house they decide to raid in an effort to find food?
(a) It's blue.
(b) Nothing.
(c) It's two stories.
(d) Its windows are intact.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Andrea?

3. What happens the first time Ellie tries to follow Lee?

4. What does Ellie do to distract the men who seem about to kill Lee?

5. What does Homer reply when Colonel Finley says they can now be brought "home?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens to Ellie in the hours after she and Lee arrive home.

2. Describe Ellie's grandmother.

3. What does Ellie say has changed about how she and Fi act as compared to how they were before the war?

4. What is Ellie reaction when she realizes she's hurt Fi's feeling by saying Fi and Homer could never have a relationship.

5. Describe what Ellie and the others see when the air raid begins on Stratton.

6. Describe the conversation between Homer and the people in New Zealand and the effect on the group.

7. What does Ellie want to do when they finish butchering the lamb, what does Fi say about it, and what is Ellie's comment about change on this topic?

8. Describe the dream Ellie has about Lee and what she thinks it might mean.

9. What is the system the group has developed for cooking lamb?

10. What do Ellie and the others discover when they get to the Winchester Heights neighborhood? What does she say is the "good news" and what is the "bad news?"

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