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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 a hero in a book would do to solve the problem of their hunger?
(a) Find a pack filled with food.
(b) Catch a rabbit, fish, or dig up edible roots.
(c) Eat dirt.
(d) Drink a lot of water to fill his tummy.

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

3. What movie does Fi quote as she and Ellie are talking about love?
(a) Fiddler on the Roof.
(b) The Sound of Music.
(c) Gone with the Wind.
(d) Strangers on a Train.

4. Who volunteers for the first sentry duty that night?
(a) Homer.
(b) Kevin.
(c) Lee.
(d) Ellie.

5. What does Ellie say is hurt the worst after her ordeal with the burning barn?
(a) Her ribs.
(b) Her knee.
(c) Her heart.
(d) Her face.

6. Why is Ellie surprised when two of the soldiers go back and pick up their guns?
(a) She thought they'd forgotten.
(b) She'd seen Lee take the guns.
(c) She'd expected them to focus on the jeep.
(d) The guns weren't where they left them.

7. Why does Ellie say New Zealanders hate possums?
(a) There are superstitions about them.
(b) They aren't native to New Zealand.
(c) They carry diseases.
(d) They are sometimes vicious.

8. What does Ellie say has suffered the worst damage during the war?
(a) The damage inside each of the people.
(b) The damage to the ecosystem.
(c) The damage to the factories.
(d) The damage to the farms.

9. What does Ellie tell Lee as she leaves the yard to look around during the night?
(a) She doesn't tell him.
(b) That she wants to find the kids.
(c) That she hears someone crying.
(d) That she won't be gone long.

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

11. Why does Ellie say her efforts to be nice don't always seem nice?
(a) She doesn't understand why.
(b) She tries to never be nice.
(c) She isn't naturally nice.
(d) She doesn't want people to think she's weak.

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

13. Why does Ellie say the river would be safer as it became darker?
(a) The soldiers will be using spotlights, making it easy to see where they are.
(b) The soldiers won't be able to see them.
(c) The soldiers will be too tired to pay close attention.
(d) The soldiers will give up and go back to base.

14. Where does Kevin say they should go to find some food?
(a) A sheep farm.
(b) A turkey farm.
(c) A trout farm.
(d) A dairy farm.

15. What is the building Ellie says she believes the kids are living in when she sees them a few days after catching the trout?
(a) A diner.
(b) A milk bar.
(c) A library.
(d) A preschool.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lee say he'd first thought Ellie was when he saw her in the burning barn?

2. How does Ellie say the silence of the neighborhood is different now?

3. What does Ellie do to distract the men who seem about to kill Lee?

4. How much longer does Ellie say they need to wait before they can head back for Hell?

5. Where does Ellie hide when the soldiers arrive at the river?

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