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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 horrifying discovery do the boys make in Mailey?

2. What singer does Jamie say he and his mother loved?

3. What did Jamie's mother do for a living?

4. Where is Andrew injured?

5. What is Jamie's favorite movie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jamie organize for later in the season in Part II?

2. Who did Jamie live with before the pandemic?

3. What happens when Jamie tries to shoot a deer in Part II?

4. How does Jamie feel about having Andrew in the house after one week?

5. What does Jamie bring for Andrew early in Part II?

6. What does Jamie have as supplies that is rare?

7. What does Andrew turn over and over in his mind in Part I?

8. What does Howard tell Jamie and Andrew when he shows up at the cabin?

9. Why does Jamie go to the hardware store?

10. What unsettling discovery does Jamie make in the hardware store?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Brown depict the American government's response to the apocalypse in this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why and how is Cara essential to the two main characters', Andrew's and Jamie's, survival? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Jamie's and Andrew's relationship evolve over the course of the novel, and what are some major plot points contributing to its changes? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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