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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. Why does Sharps decide to call Senator Jellison?
(a) To suggest a manned space station to study the comet.
(b) To ask about a bill before the Senate right now.
(c) To suggest funding for a new observatory in the Arctic.
(d) To ask for more funding for the lab.

2. Who is driving the travel all as they leave Harvey's house?
(a) Joanne.
(b) Harvey.
(c) Loretta.
(d) Mark.

3. What do Eric Larsen and his partner, Investigator Harris, come upon?
(a) A church service already prayng about the coming disaster.
(b) A group of comet fanatics.
(c) A murder in progress.
(d) Two young boys abandoned by their parents.

4. Why does Frank lay the motorcycles down?
(a) To drain the gas out of the tanks completely.
(b) To work on the chains.
(c) To do an oil change.
(d) So they won't fall over in a quake.

5. What does Tim share with Eileen?
(a) Cheese and crackers.
(b) A ham sandwich.
(c) His flashlight batteries.
(d) A tip from his boss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harvey find when he arrives home?

2. What do Eileen and Tim find in Tujunga?

3. Where is Loretta?

4. What are Charles Sharps and Dan Forrester doing?

5. What does Tim encounter on his way to the lab?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alim demonstrate that he is re-thinking home robberies to ensure his gang's survival?

2. How does Harry happen take up residence at a chicken ranch and do you think he has the right to do so?

3. Why does Harvey wonder about where Marie might be?

4. Briefly describe Tim and Eileen's journey by car to the observatory.

5. What is one repercussion of the "gloom and doom" message preached by Henry Armitage and others?

6. Who seems to take Armitage's type of preaching to heart in this section and what does he do?

7. Discuss how carefully Gordie plans his suicide.

8. What demonstrates how those who survive are the ones who concentrate on their own survival?

9. What happens to Norm Lilly that demonstrates the continued deterioration of law and order?

10. Why do most scientists misjudge the path of the comet before it hits earth?

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