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

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

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

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

5. What does Admiral Hazzard think about Moscow?
(a) that the city is gone
(b) that our bombs missed it
(c) that it is half gone
(d) that it was hit by the Chinese

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Randy have to talk to Edgar?

2. Who is Missouri?

3. What does Randy do when Malachai helps him load the car?

4. Who does Randy call because of Peyton?

5. What are Randy's favorite times of the day?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Randy hear on the radio while driving to Orlando?

3. What does Randy think of Florence at the beginning of the book?

4. How does Florence know Randy and what does she think of him in the beginning of the book?

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

6. What does Florence tell Alice about Randy?

7. Why is Alice late meeting Florence and what ultimately happened?

8. Who barges in on Randy after he returns home from his errands in town and what does she say?

9. Randy receives a call from Western Union. Who is the telegram from and what does it say and mean?

10. What wakes Randy in the beginning of Chapter 5?

(see the answer keys)

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