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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 does the man set up in the front yard?

2. In addition to the suit, what does Loomis' group create that enables Loomis to survive a search for survivors?

3. What set of reading material does Ann give Loomis?

4. About what does Ann tell Loomis?

5. About how far is Claypole Ridge?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the man say possibly happened to Ann's family?

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

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

4. Explain why Ann is alone in the valley.

5. Why does Ann decide to go down to the farm yard and what does she discover?

6. Why is the man there?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. Do you think Ann is wise to leave the valley? Do you think the implication is that her dream of teaching children is prophetic and that she will find others? Why or why not?

2. Would you have chosen the same route as Ann, i.e., leaving the valley. Why or why not?

3. How well do you think Ann will survive journeying out into a dangerous world?

4. Do you think Mr. Loomis redeems himself by pointing Ann in a likely direction to begin her journey? Give an in depth response.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss Z for Zachariah based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Arrow's Flight is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the fact that Z for Zachariah is a novel for teens changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? What at about the fact that it is an apocalyptic novel? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Ann rises early and collects greens to make a salad with. As she picks, Ann imagines what it would be like to marry Mr. Loomis. The idea makes Ann happy because she likes the idea of having children of her own. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think it is sane to be thinking about bringing children into a world such as the one in which Ann now lives? Why or why not?

2. In many apocalyptic novels, women are forced to bear children in order to continue the human race. Do you think it is right to force all women of childbearing age to have children regardless of their own personal desires in a situation such as Ann's?

3. Why do you think that most apocalyptic novels have as one of their premises that it is important that the human race survive? Do you agree with this premise? Explain your answer.

4. Assuming there are other areas of the world where humans are unharmed and the environment is radiation free, then does it seem less important that the few people of the United States that may have survived bear children? Why or why not?

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