Alas, Babylon Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Alas, Babylon Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Randy think the period between 1870 and 1914 was wonderful?
(a) things were more simple
(b) there was no war
(c) there was no pollution
(d) things were cheaper

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

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

5. How many supermarket carts does Randy fill?
(a) two
(b) five
(c) three
(d) one

6. What does Mark tell Helen to do?
(a) survive and care for the children
(b) remarry as soon as possible
(c) to divorce him
(d) wait for him

7. How do Lib's parents feel about Randy?
(a) they love him like a son
(b) they think he's okay
(c) they think he's great
(d) they don't like him

8. What does "Alas, Babylon" mean to Randy?
(a) a saying from Treasure Island
(b) nothing
(c) a code that means all is well
(d) a code that means war might be starting

9. What has been declared on the radio?
(a) nothing, it's dead
(b) a message from the president is coming
(c) a holiday
(d) a red alert

10. What does Randy tell Helen and the children when they join him outside?
(a) their father called
(b) they need to wait and see
(c) that it has started
(d) the children need to go to school

11. What does Lib tell Randy when she comes over after he gets home from the store?
(a) she likes his dog
(b) she has made a decision about him
(c) he is a little dumb, but nice
(d) she wants to set him up on a blind date

12. Why does Randy have to talk to Edgar?
(a) to date his niece
(b) to pay off his mortgage
(c) to withdraw money
(d) to cash Mark's check

13. What does Alice say Randy is doing?
(a) going to sleep
(b) watching Lib drive away
(c) stalking something
(d) meditating

14. What does Florence Wechek do for work?
(a) Western Union manager
(b) librarian
(c) hairdresser
(d) truck driver

15. Where is Randy driving to meet up with his brother Mark?
(a) Tallahassee
(b) Orlando
(c) Pensacola
(d) Tampa

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Russia and NATO feel about the Mediterranean?

2. Who does Randy call because of Peyton?

3. Why does Dan stop by to see Lib?

4. What does Randy decide to tell Alice and Florence?

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

(see the answer keys)

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