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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. Why does Sukey have to drive her mother away from the refuge?
(a) Sukey's mother has a muscle spasm.
(b) Sukey's mother breaks her leg.
(c) Sukey's mother is in labor.
(d) Sukey's mother has a seizure.

2. Who does Eve credit with getting the teenagers to safety?
(a) Effie.
(b) Henry.
(c) Burl.
(d) Juicy.

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

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

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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eve think of the governor's state of mind in Chapter 8, during their negotiations?

2. What do the soldiers call their leader?

3. Why does Sukey come back to the farm?

4. Where does Burl decide to take the teenagers when they cannot find a passable road to Juicy's house?

5. Who taught biology on the farm?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the farm feel to Evie when they first get there in Chapter 5?

3. How does Sukey seem to react to having to care for her infant half-sister?

4. What do the soldiers who come to take over the farm do to Mattie?

5. What is extraordinary about Red in the end of Chapter 8?

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

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

8. What does Jack tell Darla he has figured out about the Bible in Chapter 7?

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

10. What is the journey from the great house to the farm like in Chapter 5?

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