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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the people of Topeka tell Vic he must do before they can use his help?
(a) Find a wife.
(b) Get to know Topeka.
(c) Talk with Quilla June.
(d) Have a physical.

3. At the end of the book, where are Blood and Vic headed?
(a) Across the wasteland to another city.
(b) Back to the theater.
(c) Back to the gym.
(d) Back to Topeka.

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

5. What does Quilla June demand from Vic in chapter ten?
(a) That they should return to the city immediately.
(b) That they should try and help Blood find food.
(c) That they should kill Blood to put him out of his pain.
(d) That they should abandon Blood.

6. What will the object Quilla June left behind help Vic do?
(a) Find Oklahoma.
(b) Shoot Quilla's mother.
(c) Travel to Topeka.
(d) Save Blood's life.

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

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

9. What does Blood threaten to do when Vic is leaving?
(a) Tell his parents.
(b) Find another boy.
(c) He will find a place to die.
(d) Wait for him forever.

10. Why do you suppose Vic continues on his journey and doesn't turn around and travel back to the surface?
(a) He is mad at Blood.
(b) He is looking for sex.
(c) He wants to find Quilla June.
(d) He is curious about Topeka.

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

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

13. What mysterious object does Vic find after Quilla June leaves?
(a) An indentity card.
(b) Some penicillin.
(c) An addressed letter.
(d) A small handgun.

14. Does Vic make it to the surface?
(a) Yes, right next to the dropshaft.
(b) Yes, ten miles from the dropshaft.
(c) Yes, a mile from the dropshaft.
(d) No, he is forced to return.

15. What did Blood find out while Vic was gone in the city?
(a) There has been another nuclear bomb explosion.
(b) The Roverpak knows they didn't die and is looking for them.
(c) Quilla June's father is after them.
(d) Quilla June is very dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vic tell Blood when he leaves for the "downunder"?

2. What does Blood want after Quilla June leaves?

3. How does Topeka not differ from the surface world?

4. What does Vic find at the location he goes to in chapter ten?

5. Why do you think Quilla June is so confused in chapter nine?

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