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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) Check for notes in his journal.
(b) Ask Lee.
(c) Follow Lee.
(d) Ask Fi.

2. What does Ellie do to distract the men who seem about to kill Lee?
(a) Sets hay on fire.
(b) Causes sheep to run.
(c) Honks a horn.
(d) Yells.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the tasks Ellie sets out to accomplish that she says takes the most time and energy?

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

3. What is the first question from the woman relating messages to and from Colonel Finley?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the trip to the trout farm.

2. Describe what happens in the moments after Ellie and the others get out of the river.

3. What does Fi mean when she talks about "our blear?"

4. Describe Ellie's grandmother.

5. What are Ellie's thoughts about hating the soldiers in general and especially those on the river bank?

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

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

8. Briefly describe the situation in which the jeep rolls into the river and the reason Ellie releases it for a second time.

9. Why does Ellie say she's worried about Lee is doing when he isn't at the house, and what is Lee's reaction when she asks what he's doing?

10. Briefly describe what happens when Ellie, Fi, and Homer are mugged.

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