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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. How much food does the group have when Malorie arrives?

2. What happened to the owner of the safe house?

3. What is the name of the book that inspires George's idea about the creatures?

4. What did the Boy love when Malorie brought it home?

5. Where were incidents of "The Problem" first reported?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the characters living in the safe house when Malorie arrives?

2. How do the housemates determine that the water is safe?

3. What does Shannon tell the cashier when she and Malorie buy a pregnancy test?

4. How did Tom's family members die?

5. Where are Malorie and Shannon's parents?

6. How far along is Malorie's pregnancy when Tom leaves the house in Chapter 19?

7. What is the baby book of Olympia's that Malorie remembers while rowing down the river?

8. What do the housemates listen to on the radio?

9. Where is the first place in the United States where an incident is reported?

10. Where is Olympia from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Malorie experiences both physical and emotional changes throughout the novel. In what ways does Malorie change and in what ways does she remain the same? How do these changes reflect any major themes of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay discussing the concept of salvation within the novel. How does the author depict the represent the idea of salvation? What do the characters interpret the concept of salvation? Write an essay discussing how salvation is represented as one of the novel's themes.

Essay Topic 3

Malorie and a select few are survivors within the novel. Analyze how the author portrays and develops Malorie as a character to develop the theme of survival in the novel.

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