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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the story of A Boy and His Dog take place?
(a) About fifteen years ahead in an alternate future.
(b) In a present day alternate technological reality.
(c) In an alternate past.
(d) After World War III and before World War IV.

2. What do Vic and Blood do when the "chick" leaves the theater?
(a) Call out to her.
(b) Catch her right away.
(c) Shoot at her.
(d) Lose her.

3. Where does Quilla June come from?
(a) Texas.
(b) Kansas City.
(c) Topeka.
(d) Oklahoma.

4. In the first chapter, what does Blood's first meal consist of?
(a) A severed human head.
(b) A dead rabbit and some worms.
(c) A mutated water rat and a poodle.
(d) Radioactive canned meat.

5. Where do Vic and Blood hide out after the fight with the Roverpak?
(a) On a catwalk.
(b) In a cave.
(c) In a boiler.
(d) In the restroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the sterile adults live in Vic and Blood's world?

2. What behavior makes Blood suspicious about Quilla June?

3. Who is the girl that Vic is chasing out of the theater?

4. What does Quilla June use to control Vic's behavior in chapter five?

5. What is one thing the author has failed to explain in "A Boy and His Dog"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which of Blood's ancestors made him telepathic?

2. Why does Blood take Vic's rifle to Quilla June?

3. Why does Vic cover Quilla June with lots of wrestling mats?

4. What characteristic of the city is the hardest for Vic to deal with?

5. Are there things about Vic and Blood's world that seem strange? What types of things make this world different from ours?

6. After the fight with the Roverpak, why is Blood's idea to burn the building down a good one?

7. Another sign says the population of Topeka is 22,860. What does this mean?

8. How do the city people view sex?

9. Why does Quilla June demand that Vic abandon Blood and head out to another city without him?

10. How does the underground city make Vic feel?

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