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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do Ellie and the others hide each time someone enters the hangar?
(a) In the same truck.
(b) In different trucks each time.
(c) In the storage room.
(d) Under the trucks.

3. What does Homer do the moment Ellie makes the jump from the cab of the truck to the back?
(a) Speeds up.
(b) Swerves.
(c) Shouts at her to be careful.
(d) Slows down.

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

5. What does Ellie imagine is crawling on her scalp when she's under the piles of felt in the back of the truck?
(a) Lizards.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Lice.
(d) Scorpions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ellie discover the first jeep is chasing them?

2. What does Ellie and the others see coming toward them when they are driving down the runway after the explosion?

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

4. What is it that Jem stops Scout from killing in the book, "To Kill a Mockingbird?"

5. What does Ellie say she remembers her hockey coach saying about the timid player?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the moment immediately after Fi blows up the first tanker.

2. List three things Ellie finds in the barracks.

3. What is Kevin's reaction to the news that they are going to try to destroy the airfield, and how does each of the four others try to make contact with him?

4. Describe two of the memories Ellie has about the tip before the war.

5. Describe what happens when a jeep tries to intercept Ellie's truck before the explosions.

6. What are some of the things Ellie and the others do while they are at the dump prior to the arrival of the soldiers?

7. What is the problem Ellie faces when she realizes three jeeps are chasing them, and how does she solve the problem?

8. What is the problem Ellie and Lee face as they are trying to shoot at the jeeps that are following them and how does that work to their advantage?

9. Where does Ellie say she might be if she weren't in the place they call Hell, and what might she be doing?

10. How is the tension between Ellie and Kevin resolved in chapter two?

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