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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ezra begin healing emotionally?
(a) He has not yet begun that healing process.
(b) He sees a counselor.
(c) He watches a special on the TV about the accident and sobs.
(d) He tells Nyle much of what is bothering him about the accident.

2. What happens when Muncie, Nyle and Ezra get to the house?
(a) Gran and Mrs. Trent nurse Ezra and the girls go up to clean up.
(b) Mrs. Trent sobs at the sight of Ezra.
(c) Gran gets her shotgun out and goes to the truck.
(d) Nyle begins sobbing.

3. What do the teachers and principal monitor?
(a) The students' physical health.
(b) The impact on the students' academic progress by the crisis.
(c) The radiation levels.
(d) The students' psychological health.

4. After Ezra leaves the kitchen, what does Nyle do?
(a) Goes to check on the sheep.
(b) Goes to feed Shep.
(c) Cries.
(d) Reads his paper.

5. What does Ripley do to Ezra?
(a) Pummels him until he is nearly unconscious.
(b) Ignore him.
(c) Tells him he will meet him later with knives.
(d) Challenges him to a boxing match.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does not answer Nyle's calls?

2. Why does Nyle show Mrs. Trent the book about a boy in a train station?

3. What does the principal announce on the day it rains?

4. What does Ezra now have the strength to do?

5. Is the farm safe to inhabit?

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