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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What confession prompts Cheroki to withhold absolution from Francis?
(a) Francis' story about finding the relics
(b) Francis' failure to finish his shelter
(c) Francis' temptation to eat the pilgrim's food
(d) Francis' altercation with the pilgrim

2. Why doesn't Francis open the racing form?
(a) The monks believe that gambling is a sin.
(b) Francis considers the racing form holy and doesn't want to touch it.
(c) The old paper is too fragile.
(d) The racing form is stuck together with some kind of glue.

3. What do the Dominicans find in the sealed inner chamber of the Fallout Shelter?
(a) a treasure trove of electronic equipment
(b) a miraculously preserved body
(c) 15 skeletons
(d) blueprint making materials

4. What does the sign Brother Francis finds beneath the rocks in Chapter 1 say?
(a) Fallout Shelter Closed by Order of the Fire Marshall
(b) Caution: Wet Floor
(c) Do Not Enter / Danger: High Voltage
(d) Fallout Survival Shelter / Maximum Occupancy: 15

5. What does Aguerra give Francis?
(a) gold to ransom the illustrated blueprint
(b) an ancient rifle for protection
(c) the original blueprint, blessed by the Pope, to bring back to the Order
(d) a rosary blessed by the Pope

6. What is Brother Francis building?
(a) an altar
(b) a fire pit
(c) a statue
(d) a shelter

7. How does Francis respond to being hit by the Abbot?
(a) He remains silent and submits to his punishment.
(b) He groans and asks for forgiveness.
(c) He says, "Deo gratias!"
(d) He begs the Abbot to stop.

8. What does Paulo find in a vase of water in the guesthouse?
(a) a goldfish
(b) an eyeball
(c) a rare orchid
(d) a daisy

9. Why does Cheroki finally absolve Francis?
(a) Cheroki is worried about Francis' health and doesn't want him to die without absolution.
(b) Fingo convinces Cheroki that Francis meant no harm.
(c) Francis is finally truly sorry for his sins.
(d) Fingo confirms that Francis' discovery is real.

10. Where does the Abbot send Francis?
(a) back to the ruins
(b) to the infirmary
(c) back to his vigil in a new location
(d) to his room to meditate on his sins

11. How does Francis initially think blueprints were produced?
(a) by using a chemical process to impress blue ink around white lines
(b) by filling in blue ink around the white lines
(c) by drawing in special white ink over blue-painted paper
(d) by using a chemical process to impress white lines on blue paper

12. What is Francis' pet project as a copyist?
(a) restoring lost words from damaged documents
(b) creating illustrated panels of Leibowitz's name
(c) decoding Leibowitz's memo book
(d) making an illuminated version of Leibowitz's blueprint

13. How much weight has Francis lost during his vigil?
(a) 20 pounds
(b) 10 pounds
(c) 30 pounds
(d) 40 pounds

14. In Chapter 1, what is Brother Francis Gerard of Utah doing in the desert?
(a) fasting
(b) running away
(c) looking for pilgrims
(d) searching for relics

15. When does Brother Francis believe the Fallout was born?
(a) at the end of time
(b) in the Firey Exculpation
(c) in the Flame Deluge
(d) in the Great Fire

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Pope say Francis' time creating the illustrated blueprint was not wasted?

2. Why are the monks unwelcoming toward Monsignor Flaught?

3. Why does Cheroki find standing and kneeling uncomfortable?

4. With what does the Abbot hit Francis?

5. What does Brother Francis at first believe is in the hole?

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