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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 & 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ellie usually hate the idea of having a map?
(a) She read a story about a spy who was executed because of a map.
(b) She prefers to see the image in her mind.
(c) She doesn't understand maps.
(d) She worries something will be wrong, creating a problem.

2. Why does Homer say he wants to go to Stratton?
(a) It's nearer Hell.
(b) He hopes to find supplies there.
(c) His parents might be there.
(d) They might find another target.

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

4. How does Ellie say the silence of the neighborhood is different now?
(a) She is different because she's killed people.
(b) There's a constant background of guns.
(c) It's an empty silence.
(d) There isn't a difference.

5. Why does Lee say they should go to Ellie's grandmother's house?
(a) The soldiers wouldn't dare have messed with that house.
(b) Ellie knows the area.
(c) Ellie's grandmother had a cache of guns.
(d) Ellie might find some of her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellie say was wrong with their water system on the farm the time they'd faced a wild fire?

2. Ellie compares the Wirrawee Airfield to what?

3. What is the building Ellie says she believes the kids are living in when she sees them a few days after catching the trout?

4. Why does Ellie say the river would be safer as it became darker?

5. How does Ellie get out of the truck once it stops moving?

(see the answer key)

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