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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens that makes Robert believe that Ruth might be infected?
(a) She refuses to eat dinner with him.
(b) She gags when he shoves mashed garlic under her nose.
(c) She is beginning to smell bad.
(d) She sleeps all day.

2. In Part II, Chapter 14, Robert thinks that the people at the revival died with what in their hearts?
(a) A blood clot.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Fear.
(d) Stakes.

3. What has Robert resolved to do when the vampires of the new society come for him?
(a) Fight to the death.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Run away.
(d) Spray the crowd with bullets.

4. What do Robert and Ruth discuss over supper?
(a) Her broken spirit.
(b) Vampires.
(c) Rap music.
(d) Life's quirks.

5. In the final days of the plague, two phenomena erupted. What was one?
(a) Lynching.
(b) Marshal law.
(c) Vigilante patrol.
(d) Yellow journalism.

6. In Part III, Chapter 18, what does Robert wake up doing?
(a) Calling Ruth's name.
(b) Walking in his sleep.
(c) Pushing Ruth off of the bed.
(d) Shouting Virginia's name.

7. During his recollection of the height of the plague, Robert remembers being literally dragged to a revival meeting. Who drags him?
(a) His wife Virginia.
(b) His neighbor Ben.
(c) A wild-eyed preacher.
(d) A vampire.

8. What are the headings of the lists that Robert makes in Part II, Chapter 12?
(a) Bacillus and Unknown.
(b) Germ and No Germ.
(c) To Be and Not To Be.
(d) Known and Unknown.

9. What does Robert watch through the peephole in Part IV, Chapter 20?
(a) Several men in dark suits brutally killing seven vampires.
(b) The christening of the new society's leader.
(c) A parade.
(d) A meteor shower.

10. What does Ruth leave for Robert when she leaves his house?
(a) A mess.
(b) A rose.
(c) Poison.
(d) A note.

11. As Robert sits on his porch, what does he see running across the field in Part III, Chapter 15?
(a) A deer.
(b) A dog.
(c) A male vampire chasing a female vampire.
(d) A woman.

12. What does Robert do to Ruth as he embraces her?
(a) Draws blood.
(b) Holds a cross against her skin.
(c) Takes the money she stole from him out of her pocket.
(d) Hugs her too tightly.

13. What does Ruth tell Robert as he embraces her?
(a) That she has been watching him for some time.
(b) That there is no hope for them.
(c) That she loves him and wants him to run away with her.
(d) That it would be better if they were all dead.

14. What process does Robert feel explains the vampire's coma in Part II, Chapter 11?
(a) Progressing disease.
(b) Sporulation.
(c) Waste materials in the blood.
(d) Exhaustion.

15. In Part III, Chapter 17, what does Ruth agree to allow Robert to do?
(a) Take her shopping.
(b) Make love to her.
(c) Give her Virginia's clothes.
(d) Test her blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert do in response to the results of his lists in Part II, Chapter 12?

2. What does Ruth say she doesn't care about in Part III, Chapter 16?

3. What does Robert win in Part II, Chapter 13?

4. In Part II, Chapter 12, what does Robert find that gives him a glimmer of hope?

5. What new fear does Robert develop toward the end of Part II, Chapter 13?

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