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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Randy think of Florence?
(a) she's very smart
(b) she's a gossipy old maid
(c) she's very nice
(d) she is crazy

2. What kind of books does Kitty Offenhaus tell Alice to remove from the library?
(a) anything that is anti-American
(b) anything about sex
(c) subversive and anti-South
(d) racial ones

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

4. Where is Lavinia when Randy arrives at the McGoverns' house after the Day?
(a) sitting on the front porch
(b) medicated in bed
(c) in the garden
(d) on the lake

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Randy see lines of cars as he drives into town?

2. Why do Florence and Alice meet on Fridays?

3. What does Paul say about the personnel at McCoy?

4. In what month did the Day occur?

5. What does Florence eat for breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the announcement from the Acting Chief Executive tell the people of Ft. Repose?

2. What does James Cobb do when ordered to go after a bogy?

3. Who is Florence Wechek and what is discovered about her at the beginning of the book?

4. Where does Randy go after he leaves the grocery store and what does he do?

5. Who is James Cobb and what is he doing for the Air Force?

6. What happens in the "Hole" when General Hawker returns and talks with Mark?

7. What does Bill McGovern say to Randy about his warning from Mark?

8. What does Randy do when he first arrives at McCoy and what does he see?

9. What does Helen ask Admiral Hazzard and why?

10. Who are the Bragg brothers and what are they both doing at the beginning of the book?

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