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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the whistle the members of Ellie's group uses for a signal?
(a) Five notes from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
(b) Four notes, high then low.
(c) The sound of a whipporwill.
(d) The opening of Braham's Lullaby.

2. How long does Ellie remain in her hiding place after the others are motioning for her to join them?
(a) Fifteen minutes.
(b) A few seconds.
(c) A half hour.
(d) Twenty minutes.

3. What is Homer's suggestion for Ellie to find out what Lee's doing when he's away from the house?
(a) Ask Fi.
(b) Check for notes in his journal.
(c) Follow Lee.
(d) Ask Lee.

4. What does Ellie say about the rules in this war zone where they're living?
(a) The rules of self-preservation are most important.
(b) The rules of common courtesy still apply.
(c) The rules they'd learned in school are useless.
(d) They are making them up as they go along.

5. Which of the following was not among the weapons the kids had when they attacked Ellie, Fi, and Homer?
(a) A bow and arrow.
(b) Knives.
(c) A baseball bat.
(d) Guns.

6. What does Ellie say is Homer's best hope of finding his parents?
(a) A chance meeting.
(b) A grid search.
(c) A newspaper notice.
(d) News from a work detail.

7. How long does Ellie say they have from the moment they spot the motorbike patrol until the moment the soldiers are at the house?
(a) It varies.
(b) Two or three minutes.
(c) Thirty seconds.
(d) Five minutes or more.

8. What is the first question from the woman relating messages to and from Colonel Finley?
(a) Are you alright?
(b) How many planes did you destroy?
(c) Have you been active?
(d) Where are you?

9. What does Ellie say the targets were when the Kiwis again bombed Stratton?
(a) A military base.
(b) A factory.
(c) An airport.
(d) She doesn't know.

10. What is the name of the neighborhood where Ellie's grandmother lived?
(a) Crescent Moon.
(b) Beam Doncaster.
(c) Doncaster Crescent.
(d) Moon Beam.

11. Why does Ellie say they return to the river the next morning to travel?
(a) It's an effective means of travel.
(b) It's too hot to walk.
(c) They are concealed there from the helicopters.
(d) They are too tired to walk.

12. Why does Ellie run into the burning barn?
(a) To save Lee.
(b) To save the horses.
(c) To save the girl.
(d) To hide from the men with guns.

13. What is the vegetable Fi and Kevin find in the garden that Ellie and the others begin eating raw?
(a) Corn.
(b) Onions.
(c) Broccoli.
(d) Beans.

14. When are the teens supposed to contact Finley again?
(a) At sunrise the next morning.
(b) In an hour.
(c) The same time the next night.
(d) The next time they are able to attack.

15. Who is Andrea?
(a) Fi's aunt who lives in Wirrawee.
(b) The psychologist who worked with Ellie in New Zealand.
(c) Ellie's cousin who lives in Stratton.
(d) Homer's little sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellie say she envies about Robyn?

2. What does Lee do that brings a halt to his conversation with Ellie about where he's been going and what he's doing?

3. What does Ellie remember the first factory they see in Stratton made before the war?

4. Which of the following is NOT on the list of things Ellie and Homer say they've found?

5. What does Fi call one of the children who attacks them?

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