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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the parents tell the teenagers not to come back to the house?
(a) The teenagers could get sick too.
(b) There is not enough food.
(c) The house has collapsed.
(d) The teenagers will not be able to find the house again.

2. Why do the teens try to get into the burning barn?
(a) They are worried the angels or Burl could be inside.
(b) They want to save the soldiers.
(c) Eve is worried Jack is in there.
(d) They are worried the baby is in there.

3. What does Luca say the teenagers need to do for the parents?
(a) Find other people to take care of them so their parents do not need to any longer.
(b) Get jobs so they can earn money.
(c) Call relatives to tell them the parents might be dying.
(d) Give them blood transfusions.

4. What are the soldiers most excited about finding in the silo?
(a) Chairs.
(b) Grenades.
(c) Cars.
(d) Guns.

5. What does Eve think she sees the night she eats the rye bread?
(a) Her dead younger sister.
(b) Ghostly forms of the parents.
(c) Sukey's mother having been resurrected.
(d) Cats wearing clothes.

6. What do the angels do during their ceremony for Sukey's mother's burial?
(a) Sing.
(b) They do not attend the ceremony.
(c) Turn their backs.
(d) Dig.

7. Which goat gets shot first?
(a) Sally.
(b) Dilly.
(c) Ben.
(d) Henry.

8. What kind of traps do Jack and Shel use for the animals?
(a) Bear traps.
(b) Bristly timber.
(c) Final cause.
(d) Havaharts.

9. What does the governor threaten to do to Mattie by sundown in Chapter 7 if the rest of the farm crew does not give him more food?
(a) Hang him.
(b) Drown him.
(c) Cut his throat.
(d) Shoot him in the gut.

10. Who wins the parent game?
(a) Eve.
(b) Rafe.
(c) Dee.
(d) Marshall.

11. Why does Sukey's mother die?
(a) She drowns.
(b) She has as stroke.
(c) She gets hit by a car.
(d) She bleeds too much after having the baby.

12. Who is the teens' spokesperson when negotiating with the soliders?
(a) Evie.
(b) Dee.
(c) Low.
(d) Terry.

13. Who comes to the farm in Chapter 8, surprising the teens?
(a) James.
(b) Alycia.
(c) The parents.
(d) The twins, Amy and Kay.

14. What happens to the storms by the time they make it inland?
(a) They bring more water overall.
(b) They are more ferocious.
(c) They bring more lightning overall.
(d) They are tamer.

15. What kind of animal on the farm is Jack happy to see?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Horses.
(c) Frogs.
(d) Goats.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Eve start to feel hope in Chapter 8?

2. Who taught biology on the farm?

3. What does Luca tell the soldiers who come to the farm?

4. Who stitches up Darla's wounds?

5. What color is the barn on the farm?

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