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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 & 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ellie know they are being shot at as she and the others are getting into the big garbage truck?
(a) A window breaks in the truck.
(b) Lee tells her.
(c) She hears the shots.
(d) Bullet holes appear in the truck.

2. Why does Ellie want the group to go toward Holloway?
(a) She thinks she might find her mother.
(b) They haven't been that way yet.
(c) They think they might make contact with allied forces.
(d) They know there are lots of troops in that direction.

3. What does Ellie say about her grandmother's attitude on hugging?
(a) It wasn't her style.
(b) She never allowed it.
(c) She always initiated it.
(d) She loved it.

4. What happens each time a flight of bombers lands?
(a) A sound system pipes out the number of kills for each.
(b) Crews rush to put more bombs on the planes.
(c) Fuel trucks race out and fill the planes.
(d) Dozens of men get off the planes.

5. Who is the first to figure out the group has arrived at the airfield?
(a) Lee.
(b) Homer.
(c) Kevin.
(d) Fi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does Ellie say Lee played before the war?

2. Why does Lee say they should go to Ellie's grandmother's house?

3. What does Ellie assume they'll do when they arrive in Stratton?

4. Why does Ellie say she can't think and run at the same time?

5. What does Ellie say the first fuel tanker looks like as it "lumbers" toward the plane?

(see the answer key)

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