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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Fi call one of the children who attacks them?
(a) A dude.
(b) A snake.
(c) A moron.
(d) A jerk.

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

5. What does Ellie assume they'll do when they arrive in Stratton?
(a) Look for Homer's parents.
(b) Wait for night and go on down the river.
(c) Look for food.
(d) Look for transportation back to Hell.

6. What time is it when the group gets back to Ellie's Grandma's after butchering the lamb?
(a) Almost midnight.
(b) Almost noon.
(c) Almost dawn.
(d) Just after eight o'clock.

7. How long does it take the soldiers to get the jeep started again after they get it out of the river?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Twenty minutes.
(c) An hour.
(d) It doesn't start.

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

9. Why does Ellie believe the soldiers will try to get the jeep out of the water themselves?
(a) Their weapons and radio are there.
(b) They won't want to admit how stupid they were.
(c) They don't know what else to do.
(d) They have to have a ride back to base.

10. Who objects when they decide to build a fire?
(a) Kevin.
(b) No one.
(c) Homer.
(d) Lee.

11. What is the first thing Fi says to Ellie when Ellie relieves her at watch after cooking the lamb?
(a) A soldier patrol passed by.
(b) I'm starving.
(c) The kids are out there.
(d) There are a dozen dogs and cats nearby.

12. What kind of tree does Ellie sit in for the first part of her watch?
(a) Persimmon.
(b) Peppercorn.
(c) Redbud.
(d) Oak.

13. Where does Ellie hide when the soldiers arrive at the river?
(a) About twenty feet up in a tree.
(b) By a fallen tree.
(c) In reeds along the edge of the river.
(d) In deep weeds.

14. How many of the soldiers leave to get the winch?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ellie say she'd learned the most about life?

2. Which of the following was not among the weapons the kids had when they attacked Ellie, Fi, and Homer?

3. What is Homer's suggestion for Ellie to find out what Lee's doing when he's away from the house?

4. Who volunteers for the first sentry duty that night?

5. What is the whistle the members of Ellie's group uses for a signal?

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