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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Alex and his sisters have for supper on June 3?

2. What is Alex's ethnicity?

3. What time does a cop begin telling people that the food is gone?

4. When Alex returns to school in Chapter 3, where are students to report?

5. Where does Alex want to go to college?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Uncle Jimmy and his family going and why?

2. Why does Briana think that the blackout has something to do with the moon?

3. Where do Alex and Julie get food to replace their dwindling supplies?

4. Why does Greg Dunlap give Alex the keys to his apartment and to his neighbors' apartment?

5. Why does a tenant call Alex's apartment in Chapter 5?

6. Why is it so important for Alex and Julie to get to Morse before eight?

7. What does Alex learn about the situation in New York from the television news stations?

8. What is a bigger problem than the earthquake on August 1?

9. At the end of August, what happened to Julie's garden?

10. What does Alex see when he approaches his apartment after work on May 18?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 7, Alex begins to realize that rules are sometimes meant to be broken. The objective of this lesson is to discuss how and why Alex begins to realize that sometimes rules are meant to be broken.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 3, Alex goes to Yankee Stadium to try to find his mother. Discuss the trip to Yankee Stadium and Alex's feelings about the trip.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 11 Bri comes home. Discuss why Bri and five other girls returned to New York.

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