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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lee do with the radio when they are packing up to leave Hell?
(a) Puts it in a box and leaves it in a secret cave where food is hidden. .
(b) Wraps it in plastic and leaves it in one of the tents.
(c) Puts it in a box and buries it.
(d) Wraps it in plastic and puts it in his pack.

2. What was Homer doing when Fi announced the officers had entered the barracks where Ellie was hiding?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Drawing a map with Lee.
(c) Using the toilet.
(d) Eating a melon.

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

4. Which of the following is NOT among the items Ellie takes from the dormitory?
(a) Cheese
(b) Rock-melon
(c) Avocado
(d) Bread

5. What is the name of the river Ellie and the others use to get farther from the airport?
(a) The Mississippi.
(b) The Bluegill.
(c) The Heron.
(d) The Journey.

6. Why does Homer say it's likely no one else heard the shots Ellie fired?
(a) The gun wasn't very loud.
(b) A jet flew over just there.
(c) The soldiers are too far away to hear.
(d) There's lots of shooting around the base.

7. What does Ellie use to cover up the bodies of the officers and the blood on the floor?
(a) Rugs.
(b) Towels.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Clothes.

8. What does Ellie say was wrong with their water system on the farm the time they'd faced a wild fire?
(a) The electricity went off.
(b) Wasps has built a nest in the housing.
(c) A mouse chewed the electric cord in half.
(d) A snake died in the pipe.

9. What is it that Jem stops Scout from killing in the book, "To Kill a Mockingbird?"
(a) A mouse.
(b) A cat.
(c) A roly-poly.
(d) A butterfly.

10. What does Homer have that helps get Lee and Fi out of the truck?
(a) A crowbar.
(b) A screwdriver.
(c) A hammer.
(d) An iron bar.

11. What does Ellie say to Kevin that she says is "stupid and unforgivable?"
(a) That there's nothing to be afraid of.
(b) That they're all scared.
(c) That he can stay behind if he's scared.
(d) That he's a baby.

12. Why does Ellie say summer storms are the wildest?
(a) Because they usually include thunder.
(b) Because there is often hail.
(c) Because Ellie and her friends are outdoors.
(d) Because they're usually unexpected.

13. What does Ellie say are the two problems after the truck rams the jeep, killing the occupants?
(a) They are too close and facing the wrong way.
(b) They are unable to keep driving and are too far away.
(c) They are stuck and their doors are jammed.
(d) Fi has lost her gun and Kevin has jumped out.

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

15. What does Ellie do when they encounter a wombat on the trail?
(a) Kicks it.
(b) Slows down.
(c) Walks past it.
(d) Shoots it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rounds are in the gun Ellie picks up when she's hiding from the officers?

2. Why does Ellie say she hopes they are taken to Wirrawee if they are captured?

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

4. What does Fi cry out after she fires at the tanker the first time?

5. Who suggests the group hid inside the truck once they realize they can't get away without being seen?

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