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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nyle motion Ezra to do?
(a) Put the puppy in the truck bed.
(b) Start up the truck.
(c) Come into the pasture with her.
(d) Go back to the house.

2. Who shows up while Nyle is still alone?
(a) Ripley.
(b) Muncie.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) Shep.

3. Why does Nyle move off the Powers' property?
(a) Because Tyrus is loose.
(b) To go over to Muncie's house.
(c) Because the sheep is not there.
(d) Because Ripley confronts her.

4. As Nyle is taking wood into her house, what does she spy?
(a) A robin on the chimney.
(b) A sheep that must have gotten out of the pasture.
(c) The puppy chasing a cat.
(d) Someone in the driveway.

5. What does Ezra keep with him though he no longer needs it?
(a) An inhaler.
(b) His mask.
(c) A small detector.
(d) A cane.

6. What do Gran, Miriam, Ezra and Nyle decide to do?
(a) Attend a concert at the school.
(b) Go out to eat.
(c) Go to the movies.
(d) Play monopoly.

7. Where does Nyle sit?
(a) All the way to the back.
(b) She gets off the bus.
(c) All the way to the front.
(d) In the row behind Muncie.

8. How does Ezra react when his mask slips?
(a) He panics.
(b) He rips it off his head while screaming.
(c) He pulls it back on his face.
(d) He appears either not to care or notice.

9. After Nyle takes another seat, what happens?
(a) Muncie puts on her headset and gets into her own world.
(b) Muncie stares at Nyle as if to ask why she didn't sit by her.
(c) Nyle begins to talk to another girl.
(d) Muncie removes her pack and lets another student sit beside her.

10. What does Nyle say is her fear?
(a) Not saying goodbye to Ezra.
(b) That Ezra will not forgive her.
(c) That Gran will be really angry.
(d) She got radiation poisoning from Ezra.

11. What book does Ezra choose out of Nyle's collection?
(a) Hope in the Green Future.
(b) Slake's Limbo.
(c) Mr. Wrinkle and the Science Experiment.
(d) The Stand of the Mohicans.

12. What do Muncie and Nyle finally discuss?
(a) Helping each other shop for Christmas.
(b) Why George didn't ask Nyle for the holiday dance.
(c) The rate the new puppy is growing.
(d) Everything about Ezra being at the house.

13. What is a word that might describe Ezra?
(a) Apathetic.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Flourishing.
(d) Indifferent.

14. Where does Gran take the Trents to see about some government assistance?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Boston.
(c) Cookshire.
(d) Montpelier.

15. What becomes easier for Ezra?
(a) Eating in the dining room.
(b) Visiting Nyle's room.
(c) Looking out the window.
(d) Walking outside.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nyle go onto the Powers' property?

2. What does Nyle teach Ezra?

3. What does Nyle wear in order to walk around the farm?

4. Why is their dairy farm defunct?

5. What does Nyle think the kids believe about her and Ezra?

(see the answer keys)

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