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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nyle show Mrs. Trent the book about a boy in a train station?
(a) To ask her if she has read it.
(b) To suggest Mrs. Trent read the book to Ezra.
(c) To suggest Ezra is like the boy.
(d) To get her approval.

2. What does Nyle wonder about her mask?
(a) Whether it was any longer necessary.
(b) If the mask would eventually become radioactive.
(c) If they would have to wear the mask for the rest of their lives.
(d) How it could protect her against something unseen.

3. Who is Nyle yelling at as the story begins?
(a) Phoebe.
(b) Muncie.
(c) Tyrus.
(d) Ripley.

4. About what do the two teens talk?
(a) What's going on at Nyle's school.
(b) The latest movies.
(c) The weather and sheep farming.
(d) Training horses.

5. What does Nyle decide to add to the farm?
(a) A horse to replace the pony Mr. Harris bought for Muncie.
(b) A new feeding trough.
(c) A new ram.
(d) A guard dog.

6. Who comes on the t.v. to talk about the radiation accident?
(a) The Energy Secretary.
(b) The President of the United States.
(c) The Prime Minister.
(d) The Surgeon General.

7. What brings up the topic of the nuclear accident?
(a) Talking about Ezra.
(b) Seeing all the masks the kids are wearing.
(c) A book about death and belonging.
(d) Seeing the towers of the power plant.

8. Who does Nyle invite along?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Muncie.
(c) Ripley.
(d) No one.

9. What does Mrs. Haskins assign the students to write?
(a) A letter to their best friend and talk about their fears.
(b) A letter to their congressional representatives and senators.
(c) A personal story about the accident.
(d) A letter to their friends or families out of town telling them about the accident.

10. What is the personal question Nyle asks of Ezra?
(a) Why he doesn't want the curtain opened.
(b) If he thinks he is going to die.
(c) How it feels to be in a coma.
(d) How he got the scar on his forehead.

11. What does Nyla monitor as the days pass by?
(a) The sheep's progress who was hurt by Tyrus.
(b) The coming of Christmas.
(c) Ezra's non-movement.
(d) The arrival of winter.

12. What is Ezra doing when Nyla comes into his room?
(a) He is waiting for her and propped up on pillows.
(b) He is talking on the phone.
(c) He is petting Nyla's dog.
(d) He is watching t.v.

13. What does Nyle decide about the next day?
(a) She will find a book to share with Ezra.
(b) She will avoid the back bedroom.
(c) She will visit Ezra again.
(d) She will stay at her cousin's house.

14. What surprises Nyle when she goes to give Ezra a lesson on sheep farming?
(a) He is upright leaning on canes.
(b) He is looking out the window.
(c) He has a present for her.
(d) Ezra is at a table working a jigsaw puzzle.

15. What does Gran not do as she usually does?
(a) Greet Nyle with a hug.
(b) Calls from the pantry for Nyle to wash up.
(c) Sit in the rocker for a cup of pre-supper coffee.
(d) Open the front door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Sobel tell the students?

2. What does Ezra say about the puppy?

3. Who goes with Nyle to watch the meteor shower?

4. Where do the girls gather loose wool?

5. What does Ezra say he feels like?

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