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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. What do the soldiers do to Mattie's hand?
(a) Douse it in chemicals.
(b) Cut one finger off.
(c) Cut it off.
(d) Put staples through it.

2. What kind of lock does the silo have?
(a) A chain lock.
(b) One that works through fingerprint.
(c) A padlock.
(d) A lock that works with a skeleton key.

3. Which of the following is one of the owner's ground rules for the farm?
(a) No planting a garden.
(b) No eating from the silo.
(c) No sex.
(d) No playing games.

4. Who takes Evie at gunpoint into the woods in Chapter 7?
(a) Burl.
(b) Mattie.
(c) The governor.
(d) Red.

5. Who stitches up Darla's wounds?
(a) Eve.
(b) Mattie.
(c) Burl.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the teens try to get into the burning barn?

2. Why do the parents tell the teenagers not to come back to the house?

3. Why does Sukey come back to the farm?

4. What does Jack think Jesus is a metaphor for in the Bible?

5. Who do the soldiers tie to a tree in torture?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mattie convince Jack and Shel to let their trapped animals free?

2. What does Burl tell the teenagers about the state of the outside world when he leaves for diapers and baby formula?

3. What was different about the storm that has just passed in Chapter 5 compared to other very bad hurricanes?

4. Who does Evie credit with saving them from the great house and leading them to the farm, and why?

5. What is one reason the crew at the farm gives up keeping watch?

6. Why does Burl tell Evie not to worry about food supplies at the farm?

7. What happens to Red when he takes Evie at gunpoint out in the woods?

8. What does Burl tell Evie about Shel in Chapter 5?

9. What natural phenomenon does Evie and the rest of the crew at the farm see in Chapter 5 that is highly unusual for that time of year and the location?

10. Why do Sukey and her mother come back to the farm in Chapter 6?

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