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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dan tell the group when he comes home?

2. What does Randy do after returning home with the decoy truck?

3. What does Dan decide to use for anesthesia?

4. What is the wedding present Bill gives Lib and Randy?

5. What does Helen find three days after the Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at Dan's office?

2. How does Dan keep his car going and the Admiral's radio working?

3. In what shape do they find Dan and what happened to him?

4. What is Dan using for antiseptic and for anesthetic?

5. What does Randy see when the highwaymen ambush him and what does he do?

6. What is the problem the community is having with salt and fish?

7. What kind of illness in town worries Dan and who seems to have it?

8. How does Randy plan to find and battle the highwaymen?

9. What has happened to the electrical service at Ft. Repose?

10. What happens when Malachai stops at the ambush?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 1 it may seem that Randy is a developing alcoholic but he says as long as he just enjoys but doesn't crave, he's okay.

1. Do you think people can't be alcoholics if they don't think they are? Why or why not?

2. What do you think are the symptoms of alcoholism?

3. Do you think if someone has a drink in the morning that makes him/her an alcoholic? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Dan briefs Randy on the beating incident so he can make plans to take action. His earlier observation that dogs can become wolves is indicative of the change of heart Randy has in the wake of Dan's beating. The highwaymen are a threat to the River Road enclave and the community as a whole. Randy calmly says he will kill them.

1. How does this statement show a change in Randy's attitude towards life? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think "law of the jungle" will always prevail in this type of situation? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Ben is upset that he shoots what he sees as a wolf but is a pet German Shepherd. Randy consoles Ben that dogs can turn into wolves at times like these.

1. What kind of circumstances do you think might have force the German shepherd into a wild animal?

2. What do you think would keep men from turning from civilized men to murderers and thieves at a time like in this book?

3. Describe another situation besides the one in the book that could make decent people turn bad.

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