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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ann worry about if the stranger is still here in winter?
(a) Sharing a house with a stranger.
(b) Having enough food if feeding two.
(c) Surviving winter in a cave.
(d) Having enough wood.

2. In what month does the book open?
(a) May.
(b) November.
(c) June.
(d) January.

3. With what information does the book open in the first sentence?
(a) Ann and her family are alone in the valley.
(b) The cows are acting strangely.
(c) Someone is coming.
(d) There was a nuclear holocaust.

4. Whom does the man feed?
(a) The bull.
(b) The chickens.
(c) Faro.
(d) The cows.

5. What does Ann think the visitor is bringing?
(a) Heavy equipment and/or supplies.
(b) News.
(c) Hope.
(d) Disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the man?

2. What is Ann's first impulse when the man yells for anyone?

3. Who was supposed to stay with Ann when her parents went exploring?

4. Who is Dr. Kylmer?

5. What does the man notice in Burden Creek?

(see the answer key)

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