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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Randy do when Malachai helps him load the car?
(a) nothing
(b) tells him to gather his family and move
(c) gives him a tip
(d) gives him cash and tells him about Mark's fears

2. How does Helen feel when she leaves Mark?
(a) excited
(b) like a bad woman
(c) like a deserter
(d) happy

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

4. Why is Bubba Offenhaus head of civil defense?
(a) he is an engineer
(b) he owns the only ambulances
(c) he is ex-military
(d) he is ex-CIA

5. Where do Syrian tanks go near the beginning of the book?
(a) into Egypt
(b) into Iraq
(c) into Israel
(d) across the Jordan border

6. Who does Randy call because of Peyton?
(a) Florence
(b) Alice
(c) Edgar
(d) Dan Gunn

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

8. Why does the power suddenly go out in Ft. Repose?
(a) Orlando being bombed
(b) Daytona being flooded by a tidal wave
(c) Jacksonville being bombed
(d) Pensacola being bombed

9. What kind of music does Florence like to listen to?
(a) opera
(b) classical
(c) country music
(d) easy listening

10. What does Randy take with him when he goes to town in Chapter 4?
(a) extra gas cans
(b) his dog
(c) his family book of history
(d) nothing

11. What does Florence ask Alice to do?
(a) come to the Western Union office
(b) go shopping with her
(c) spend the weekend with her
(d) call the sheriff about Randy

12. What does Randy's friend, Dan, say about him drinking for breakfast?
(a) it's unhealthy
(b) it's good for him
(c) it leads to a long life
(d) it will keep him from becoming an alcoholic

13. Why does Mark want his family to leave?
(a) they live in a primary target area
(b) he wants them to have a vacation
(c) he's too busy to deal with them
(d) he wants them to see Randy

14. Why have only a few members of Congress escaped?
(a) D.C. is under water
(b) Washington D.C. was a primary target
(c) the house was attacked by terrorists
(d) members of the government were killed by spies

15. What has happened to the McGoverns' house?
(a) it is flooded
(b) it has collasped
(c) the front window is cracked
(d) it has burned down

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Randy tell Mark?

2. Why does Randy think the period between 1870 and 1914 was wonderful?

3. When does Florence normally wake up?

4. Who kills himself the day the bombs are dropped?

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

(see the answer keys)

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