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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was supposed to stay with Ann when her parents went exploring?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Mrs. Klein.
(c) David.
(d) Faro.

2. What does Ann decide she will do after cooking breakfast?
(a) Go to the store.
(b) Write in her journal.
(c) Practice the piano.
(d) Go fishing.

3. What was John Loomis' occupation?
(a) Reporter.
(b) Chemist.
(c) Physicist.
(d) Physician.

4. What did the man lay on top of his cart?
(a) A gun.
(b) A dog biscuit.
(c) Another Geiger counter.
(d) An oxygen tank.

5. What would Ann like to have in a church if she ever got married?
(a) Wild flowers.
(b) Apple blossoms.
(c) Water lilies.
(d) Daisies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man do at Burden Creek?

2. Why does Ann go down to the farm yard with her gun?

3. What does the visitor do when he first arrives over a hill and sees the green valley?

4. What does Loomis think the Creek water could do?

5. About what does Ann tell Loomis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ann decide to do as the stranger draws closer?

2. Why concerns Ann about the approaching stranger?

3. Why doesn't Ann think the arriving stranger is in a car and what does she think about what he is bringing?

4. Explain why Ann's parents left her home when they left to discover the effects of the war?

5. What does Ann daydream about as she is picking salad greens?

6. What does the approaching stranger do when he gets halfway across the flat part of the hill overlooking the green valley of Ann's home?

7. How does Ann describe the newly-arrived stranger?

8. What happens that convinces Ann that the man knows nothing about farm life and what is her response?

9. What is the situation in the valley about the water supply?

10. What does the man in the suit do when he finally arrives at Ann's house?

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