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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 is Robert reading in Part I, Chapter 3?
(a) "Twilight."
(b) "The House of Seven Gables."
(c) "Dracula."
(d) "The Tell-tale Heart."

2. Robert has a tattoo. What does it look like?
(a) It is a rose with his wife's name.
(b) It is a skull and crossbones.
(c) It is a cross.
(d) It is a rose with his daughter's name.

3. In Part II, Chapter 7, Robert is not satisfied that the epidemic was caused by what?
(a) Fleas.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) All of the answers are true.
(d) Viruses.

4. What is Robert getting at Sears?
(a) A lathe.
(b) A lawn mower.
(c) A generator.
(d) A freezer.

5. What do the female vampires do to taunt Robert?
(a) They sing loudly.
(b) They tell him that he'll never get away.
(c) They make fun of him.
(d) They behave lewdly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part I, Chapter 3, Robert compares the behavior of vampires to several types of people. Which of the following is NOT one of the people Robert mentions?

2. What does Robert do to express his frustration in Part I, Chapter3?

3. What does Robert realize when he takes the bandage off his hand in Part II, Chapter 8?

4. In Part II, Chapter 8, Robert wonders if Mohammedan vampires are affected by what?

5. What does Robert pack in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part II, Chapter 9, Robert recalls the day of Virginia's death. Describe his reaction in the moments directly after her death.

2. In Part I, Chapter 1, what does Robert do for recreation?

3. In Part II, Chapter 10, when Robert realizes that his isolated experiments are useless and he needs to study the problem scientifically, where does he go, and what does he do there?

4. Outline Robert's experiments on the female vampire in Part II, Chapter 7.

5. Robert is reading Bram Stoker's Dracula. His attention is drawn by the quote, "The strength of the vampire is that no one will believe in him." What do you think Stoker meant by this quote, and why does it seem preposterous to Robert in his present situation?

6. Describe Robert Neville as he is introduced to the reader in Part I, Chapter I.

7. In Part I, Chapter 4, Robert awakens late in the morning, suffering the effects of a night of drinking too much. His feelings begin to conflict with each other, and he finally gets in his car and drives dangerously and aimlessly. Where does he end up, and what does he do while there?

8. In Part I, Chapter 3, several things drive Robert to despair. Describe one.

9. When Robert recalls the past in Part I, Chapter 6, what does he remember?

10. What does Robert see when he finally emerges from his wife's crypt?

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