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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two cities near Randy's town are hit by nuclear blasts?
(a) Ocala and Orlando
(b) Homestead and Miami
(c) Atlanta and Gainesville
(d) Pensacola and Tallahassee

2. How many residents does Ft. Repose have?
(a) nearly 20,000
(b) about 3000
(c) less than 10,000
(d) less than 5000

3. Why do Helen and Randy decide to go to Admiral Hazzard's house?
(a) to see if he wants to move in with them
(b) to see if he is okay
(c) to see if he has any guns
(d) to see if he has any information

4. Where does Randy stop on his way home from town?
(a) at Lib's
(b) at a scenic overlook
(c) at the river
(d) at Florence's

5. Who does Randy ask for at McCoy Air Base?
(a) no one
(b) Lieutenant Baker
(c) Lieutenant Colonel Paul Hart
(d) Mark

6. What does Mark do when he arrives at McCoy?
(a) leaves his family with Randy
(b) he talks to Paul and Randy
(c) switches planes
(d) asks to spend time alone with Randy

7. What does Randy warn Florence and Alice about as they leave for town?
(a) convicts on the road with rifles
(b) too many people at the gas station
(c) nothing
(d) no food at the grocery store

8. Who kills himself the day the bombs are dropped?
(a) Dan Dunn
(b) Florence
(c) Jerry Kling
(d) Edgar Quisenberry

9. What does Washington D.C. say about the explosion in the Middle East?
(a) it was done on purpose
(b) it was not the United States
(c) it was a mechanical failure
(d) it was done by Russia

10. What does Randy think about the front of the McGoverns' house?
(a) not enough windows
(b) it's beautiful
(c) it's too big
(d) too much glass for Florida

11. What does Mark tell Randy about his family?
(a) how they are doing
(b) when they are arriving from Omaha
(c) their birthdays
(d) their social security numbers

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

13. What does Randy tell Mark?
(a) he should leave for Omaha
(b) he thinks Mark is a total idiot
(c) he should stay in Florida
(d) he will take good care of Mark's family

14. Who calls Randy on the morning when the book begins?
(a) Mark
(b) no one
(c) Western Union
(d) Daisy

15. What does Randy find out about the planes at McCoy?
(a) they are in the hangers
(b) they've been sent to other airfields
(c) he doesn't find out anything about the planes
(d) they are in the air, circling

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a significant difference between war a few years ago and now?

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

3. Why does Mark want his family to leave?

4. How old is Randy?

5. What kind of books does Kitty Offenhaus tell Alice to remove from the library?

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