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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Vic carry Blood after they have eaten in chapter ten?
(a) To the dropshaft.
(b) Back to Topeka.
(c) To the air duct.
(d) To the underground city.

2. What does Vic realize in chapter ten after Quilla makes her demand?
(a) His world is hopeless.
(b) He cannot make it without Blood.
(c) He needs to return to the city of help.
(d) He loves Quilla June.

3. Who is the most important character in chapter seven?
(a) Lew.
(b) Quilla June.
(c) Vic.
(d) Blood.

4. What is Vic's second reaction as to why the Topekan's need him?
(a) "Why me?"
(b) "When can I get started?"
(c) "You have got to be kidding?"
(d) "Get me out of here."

5. What year best describes when these events in this story could have occurred?
(a) 8200.
(b) 1984.
(c) 2024.
(d) 1602.

6. What do you suppose happened to Quilla June at the end of the book?
(a) She was taken by another Roverpak.
(b) She became food for Blood and Vic.
(c) She returned to the city.
(d) She left Blood and Vic alone.

7. What would be the best word to describe Vic's emotion as he travels into the city?
(a) Trapped.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Horny.

8. What is the world in "The Boy and His Dog" an example of?
(a) A real life adventure.
(b) Dystopia.
(c) Utopia.
(d) Nonfiction story.

9. Why do the people of Topeka need "breeders"?
(a) The older men are sterile.
(b) The women are sterile.
(c) There are not enough women.
(d) The women are not attracted to theTopeka men.

10. What is Blood scared of in chapter six?
(a) To be by himself, hurt and hungry.
(b) Radioactivity.
(c) More Roverpak's coming.
(d) Quilla June's parents.

11. What does Blood say when Vic leaves in chapter six?
(a) "See you later".
(b) "Come back soon".
(c) "Wait for me".
(d) "So long, Vic".

12. What does Topeka look like?
(a) A sunny field filled with flowers and grass
(b) New York City.
(c) Neat little houses with curvy streets.
(d) A small metal dome with robotic guards.

13. What important occurrence is not explained in chapter six?
(a) How Vic is able to enter the dropshaft.
(b) Why Blood is troubled at Vic's leaving.
(c) Where the penicillin came from.
(d) How Quilla June returns to the "downunder".

14. Does Vic come to understand love better by the end of the book?
(a) Maybe.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) He understands love very well.

15. What warning that Blood gives to Vic keeps coming back to haunt him while he is exploring the "downunder"?
(a) That he will not be able to return to the surface.
(b) That he will find Quilla June.
(c) That the Roverpak will find him.
(d) That he will be killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wanted from Vic when the green box stops?

2. What does Vic decide in chapter 9 that he doesn't want to do to Quilla June?

3. Who greets Vic when the green box stops?

4. What do the people of Topeka really need?

5. What are the people in Topeka doing when Vic arrives?

(see the answer keys)

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