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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 Evie decide to discount the possible presence of the tick in Chapter 5?
(a) She is just happy to be alive.
(b) There is medicine for the illnesses ticks bear in the silo.
(c) Ticks can no longer make people sick.
(d) She likes ticks.

2. What does Jack think God is a metaphor for in Chapter 7?
(a) Love.
(b) Nature.
(c) Hope.
(d) Friends.

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

4. What is the one sentence Shel says out loud in Part IV?
(a) Let's get out of here.
(b) You're very ignorant.
(c) Fire!
(d) Time to eat!

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What task does Evie give Jack and Shel to distract them from the grief of Sukey's mother dying?

2. Who taught biology on the farm?

3. 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?

4. Why does Sukey come back to the farm?

5. Why do Burl and Val go to the top of the hill in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Evie hear the trail angels debating in Chapter 6 that scares and confuses her?

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

5. What saves the crew at the farm from the soldiers?

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

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

8. What does Evie say to Burl about the weapons in the silo?

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

10. What alarming news does David get from the great house about the parents in Chapter 5?

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