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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. Where does Ann take the cows and young bull?
(a) No where.
(b) To a far pasture.
(c) To the neighobor's farm.
(d) To the cave.

2. What is another thing the visitor does soon after examining the green leaves of a tree?
(a) He plants an American flag in the soil by the tree.
(b) He climbs the tree to reach the fruit.
(c) He checks the tree and area with a Geiger counter.
(d) He shoots his rifle into the air.

3. What does Loomis show Ann in one of her father's books?
(a) How to build a wind turbine.
(b) How to build a greenhouse.
(c) How to build a water wheel.
(d) How to get gas out of the pumps manually.

4. What bothers Ann about the man and her chickens?
(a) He kills one of them.
(b) He eats some of her eggs.
(c) He captures them and puts them in his cart.
(d) He can hear them.

5. What does Ann see when she goes and looks out of the boundaries of her valley?
(a) Everything is dead.
(b) Lots of animals but no people.
(c) Smoke in three different directions.
(d) A valley about 40 miles away that has signs of life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Loomis from?

3. About what does Ann tell Loomis?

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

5. After four days, what does Loomis' temperature mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Loomis seem later that evening, and what does Ann give him?

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

3. What does Loomis say he was developing before the war?

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

5. Why does Ann think someone is coming to her valley?

6. Why concerns Ann about the approaching stranger?

7. Why does Ann bring Loomis into her home?

8. What does the man do with his Geiger counter and then what terrible error does he make?

9. How does Loomis manage to survive on his long journey walking from New York?

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

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