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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 & 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ellie tell Fi to do as she, Lee, and Homer head out of the hangar?
(a) Distract the men in the tower.
(b) Look for weapons.
(c) Look for food.
(d) Stay.

2. Ellie makes a comparison between the group and the jets, saying she and the others are like ants. What does she say the jets are like?
(a) Hornets.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Poison.
(d) Ponies.

3. What do Fi and Homer do with the stuffed animals they find at the dump?
(a) Throw them in the creek to see which will float.
(b) Pull the stuffing out of them.
(c) Throw rocks at them.
(d) Throw them at each other.

4. Why is Ellie surprised when two of the soldiers go back and pick up their guns?
(a) She'd expected them to focus on the jeep.
(b) She thought they'd forgotten.
(c) She'd seen Lee take the guns.
(d) The guns weren't where they left them.

5. Why does Ellie say she can't think and run at the same time?
(a) She isn't coordinated enough.
(b) Not enough oxygen.
(c) She has to pay attention to where she's going.
(d) She says she can.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons the group thinks they should contact the colonel?

2. Who among the five are driving the two trucks and Ellie and the others leave the hangar?

3. What does Ellie say is wrong with Lee's plan to release the tailgate?

4. What does Ellie imagine is crawling on her scalp when she's under the piles of felt in the back of the truck?

5. Why does Ellie say they return to the river the next morning to travel?

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