View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the red baby?
(a) a red sunrise
(b) the sunset when the air is dusty
(c) a bomb carrier that guides itself to a target.
(d) the red alert flag

2. Who shares the income from family holdings with Randy?
(a) his brother Mark
(b) his grandparents
(c) his brother and sister
(d) his parents

3. What did the Russians launch at the beginning of the book?
(a) a space shuttle
(b) a research robot bound for Mars
(c) nothing
(d) a Sputnik spy satellite

4. What does Ben ask Randy?
(a) why there is no mushroom cloud
(b) if they are going to die
(c) where his father might be
(d) where the lights are located

5. Where does Randy see lines of cars as he drives into town?
(a) at the police station
(b) at the post office
(c) at the gas station
(d) at the library

Short Answer Questions

1. How many supermarket carts does Randy fill?

2. What do Florence and Alice see Randy do after Lib leaves?

3. What does Bill McGovern call Randy when he goes in the living room?

4. What does Mark tell Helen to do?

5. What holiday do the children believe they are spending in Florida?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 227 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample