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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the government of the United States declare on the radio?
(a) nothing
(b) all is clear
(c) the war is over
(d) martial law

2. What does James Cobb fire at from his plane?
(a) an air torpedo
(b) a machine gun
(c) a sidewinder
(d) nothing

3. Who is Missouri?
(a) Florence's housemate
(b) Randy's maid and neighbor
(c) Randy's girlfriend
(d) a school teacher

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Randy stop at Bill Cullen's?
(a) to order some flowers for Helen
(b) to buy bourbon and scotch
(c) to get some drugs
(d) to get a lottery ticket

9. What is Randy wearing as he stands outside with his binoculars?
(a) he's nude
(b) a swim suit
(c) pajamas
(d) a suit

10. 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

11. 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) the children need to go to school
(d) that it has started

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

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

14. When does Florence normally wake up?
(a) 6:30 AM.
(b) 10 A.M.
(c) 8 A.M.
(d) 5:45 A.M.

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 did the Russians launch at the beginning of the book?

2. What has been declared on the radio?

3. What two cities near Randy's town are hit by nuclear blasts?

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

5. What is the Saratoga?

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