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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 & 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Ellie NOT mention as having been dumped at the tip?
(a) A computer.
(b) Piles of books.
(c) A car.
(d) Exploded bottles.

2. How does Ellie know the two men she encounters outside the barracks are officers?
(a) They are marching and yelling at other soldiers.
(b) They have officer insignia on their caps.
(c) They are driving a jeep.
(d) They have gold braid and are walking casually.

3. What does Ellie say they'd tried to do this airport already?
(a) Destroy it.
(b) Find it.
(c) Photograph it.
(d) Direct soldiers to it.

4. How does Ellie get out of the truck once it stops moving?
(a) She goes through a hatch into the cab.
(b) She goes through a hatch that opens under the truck.
(c) She goes through the back door.
(d) She goes through a hatch that open on top of the truck.

5. What was the activity Homer sometimes did with a rifle when he was young?
(a) He'd shoot birds.
(b) He'd shoot toadstools.
(c) He'd shoot cans filled with petrol.
(d) He'd shoot wallabies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Ellie and the others hide when the trucks arrive at the dump?

2. What does Ellie say she felt about storms prior to the war?

3. What is Kevin's reaction when Ellie tells him they're at the Wirrawee Airfield?

4. Why does Ellie want the group to go toward Holloway?

5. Why does Ellie say summer storms are the wildest?

(see the answer key)

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