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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 her parents say they are going first in their explorations?
(a) To the Mennonites.
(b) To the Quaker settlement.
(c) To the military base.
(d) To the Amish.

2. Why doesn't Loomis go with Ann?
(a) He needs to work on generator plans.
(b) He wants to try contacting others with Ann's radio.
(c) He wants to write in his journal.
(d) He is too weak.

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

4. What did Loomis' boss invent?
(a) A new kind of Geiger counter.
(b) A new kind of metal.
(c) An amoeba.
(d) A polymer.

5. How long was the war?
(a) A couple months.
(b) They do not know.
(c) A day.
(d) A week.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who returns to the valley?

2. Of what does Loomis say Ann's family probably died?

3. Since it is June, what is urgent that Ann do?

4. When Ann's father returns from scouting the first time he went out, what does he report finding?

5. Who is Dr. Kylmer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Loomis say about his activities the night the war breaks out?

2. Why does Ann bring Loomis into her home?

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

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

5. 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?

6. Why is the man there?

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

8. How does Ann get the tractor running and what planting decision does she make?

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

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

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