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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 remember when he wakes in Chapter Four?
(a) more things he needs to buy
(b) that Helen is coming that day
(c) that he's suppose to call his brother
(d) that he hasn't seen Lib

2. What does Randy remember about meeting Elizabeth McGovern?
(a) her full lips
(b) her long legs
(c) dropping her groceries
(d) hitting his car with hers

3. Why does Randy have to talk to Edgar?
(a) to cash Mark's check
(b) to pay off his mortgage
(c) to withdraw money
(d) to date his niece

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

5. What does Mark tell Helen to do?
(a) to divorce him
(b) survive and care for the children
(c) wait for him
(d) remarry as soon as possible

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mrs. Josephine Vanbruuker-Brown important after the Day?

2. Where does the Secretary of State fly for conferences to try and avoid a war?

3. What is Randy given for Peyton?

4. Who is Sir Percy?

5. What does Florence ask Alice to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dan say about Peyton's eyes and what does he do about them?

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

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

4. What kind of encounter does Randy have with Florence and Alice after he is alone the evening of his errands to town?

5. How does Helen feel about leaving Mark and what is his answer and why does he say it?

6. What does Helen ask Admiral Hazzard and why?

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

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

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

10. What does "the Day" designate and how important is it to the people of Ft. Repose?

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