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

2. What happens when the first trout hits Ellie's line at the trout farm?
(a) She falls.
(b) She hands the rod to Homer.
(c) She drops the rod.
(d) She screams.

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

4. What does Ellie do for Fi the morning after their arrival at her Grandma's house?
(a) Brings her breakfast.
(b) Brushes her hair.
(c) Gives her a haircut.
(d) Takes her tuen at watch.

5. 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) Eat dirt.
(c) Catch a rabbit, fish, or dig up edible roots.
(d) Drink a lot of water to fill his tummy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tree does Ellie sit in for the first part of her watch?

2. How many trout do the teens catch?

3. Who picks up their items as Ellie and her group returns to the street where the kids dropped them?

4. What time is it when the group gets back to Ellie's Grandma's after butchering the lamb?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ellie reaction when she realizes she's hurt Fi's feeling by saying Fi and Homer could never have a relationship.

2. Why does Ellie want to make radio contact with Colonel Finley and what is her reaction after the call?

3. Describe what Ellie and the others see when the air raid begins on Stratton.

4. What scares Ellie when she's trying to find the sound of the crying and what does she say about it?

5. What does Ellie say about the damage from the war and what does it make her realize about herself?

6. Describe the conversation between Homer and the people in New Zealand and the effect on the group.

7. What is the system the group has developed for cooking lamb?

8. What does Ellie say has changed about how she and Fi act as compared to how they were before the war?

9. Describe Ellie's grandmother.

10. What are some of the things Ellie and the others do to conceal the work they've done at her Grandma's house from the soldiers patrolling on motorbikes.

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