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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Peyton scream when they see another light?
(a) the dog scared her
(b) she slipped on the porch
(c) she's afraid
(d) the light has blinded her

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

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

4. Why is Mrs. Josephine Vanbruuker-Brown important after the Day?
(a) she's Acting Chief Executive of the United States
(b) she's Randy's neighbor
(c) she is Randy's grandmother
(d) she's head of civil defense in Florida

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

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

7. Who were Randy's parents?
(a) Gertrude and Bill Houston
(b) Mildred and Daniel
(c) he doesn't know who his parents are
(d) Gertrude and Judge Bragg

8. How does McCoy Airbase seem to Randy?
(a) busier than usual
(b) hot and dusty
(c) deserted
(d) cold and scary

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

10. What does Randy hear when he is awakened from his bed shaking?
(a) long deep rumble
(b) Helen screaming
(c) Florence yelling at his dog
(d) the children fighting

11. What are Anthony and Cleo?
(a) two gray mice
(b) African lovebirds
(c) flying squirrels
(d) a pair of racoons

12. What does Dan do when Randy tells him about Mark's premonition?
(a) writes war prescriptions
(b) kills himself
(c) decides to go to the city and get surgigal instruments
(d) gets drunk

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

14. Who is Sir Percy?
(a) a parrot
(b) a poodle
(c) a canary
(d) a yellow cat

15. What does Paul say about the personnel at McCoy?
(a) they are reduced
(b) they've been increased
(c) they're on R and R
(d) they're on alert

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the government of the United States declare on the radio?

2. What does Randy's friend, Dan, say about him drinking for breakfast?

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

4. What does "Alas, Babylon" mean to Randy?

5. What does Helen ask Randy about Offutt Field?

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