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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important question does Quilla June ask Vic as they are leaving the city?
(a) "Did you kill my father?".
(b) "Do you love me?".
(c) "Are you sure you want to leave the city?".
(d) "Do you think we will escape?".

2. How does Vic enter the dropshaft?
(a) With the dropshaft key Quilla left behind.
(b) Using an identity card.
(c) By getting Blood to help him open the gate.
(d) By pushing a button.

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

4. What is one thing that Vic has while he is getting to know Topeka?
(a) An escort of women.
(b) As much food as he wants.
(c) His guns.
(d) Freedom.

5. What sacrifice did Vic make to travel to the "downunder"?
(a) He had to go without food for two weeks.
(b) He had to burn his clothes.
(c) He had to leave Blood behind.
(d) He had to say goodbye to Quilla June.

6. Who greets Vic when the green box stops?
(a) Robots.
(b) The mayor.
(c) Young girls.
(d) Old men and women.

7. What does Vic have to do again at the bottom of the dropshaft?
(a) Use an indentity card.
(b) Use his key.
(c) Do an iris scan.
(d) Pass through a metal detector.

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

9. What does this story say about the human spirit?
(a) It always suffers.
(b) There is no such thing as love.
(c) It is always happy.
(d) It will find its own truths given enough hardship.

10. What is Blood's advice about the dropshaft to "downunder"?
(a) He needs to use it to find Quilla June.
(b) Don't use it.
(c) It is a great place to go.
(d) There may be food down there.

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

12. What did Vic ask Quilla June in the bedroom in chapter nine?
(a) If she wanted to leave with him.
(b) If she really loved him.
(c) Why she tricked him.
(d) If she had any food.

13. How does Topeka not differ from the surface world?
(a) People are not very happy.
(b) People carry guns.
(c) It is dark.
(d) There is lots of food.

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

15. What do you think Vic believes is love by the end of the book?
(a) Love is the same thing as sex.
(b) There is no such thing as love.
(c) Vic loves Quilla June.
(d) A boy loves his dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quilla June do after she makes her demand in chapter ten?

2. What does the entrance dropshaft to the "downunder" look like?

3. Where does Vic carry Blood after they have eaten in chapter ten?

4. Where is chapter seven set?

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

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