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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Kidd invite Madame Brown, Lanya, and Denny?
(a) To a party at the bar.
(b) On a road trip in the local bus.
(c) To his new house.
(d) To a party in honor of his book.

2. The next day, when Lanya, Kidd, and the scorpions go outside, what do they notice?
(a) The sky is filled with smoke.
(b) The other gangs outside of their house.
(c) The old warehouse exploded.
(d) The sky is falling.

3. In the excerpts of this chapter, Kidd seems to have what problem?
(a) Figuring out his life.
(b) Remembering what day it is.
(c) Choosing a new girlfriend.
(d) Deciding which incidents occurred at what time.

4. What do Nightmare and the other scorpions think has happened to the sky?
(a) It is a greenish, purple color.
(b) It is falling.
(c) It will storm for a couple of days.
(d) It has been set on fire.

5. What prompts Kidd to want to write again?
(a) Tak thinks he should try one more time.
(b) A discussion between him and Milly concerning a fight.
(c) The scorpions inspire him to try.
(d) Lanya pushes him.

6. Does Kidd seem to sincerely care about Lanya?
(a) No, he just wants to have sex with her.
(b) Yes, but he is doubtful about her loyalty.
(c) Yes, but he does not know how to tell her.
(d) No, he uses her for amusement.

7. What happens to the poems Kidd writes while he lives with the scorpions?
(a) They are stolen by Frank.
(b) They are ripped up by Calkins.
(c) Lanya tears them up.
(d) Lanya takes the poems and stores them for Kidd.

8. At the end of Chapter V, what does the reader continue to wonder?
(a) Where Bellona is located in the US.
(b) How these people came to Bellona.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) What has happened to Bellona.

9. What primarily makes up this chapter?
(a) Writings to an editor.
(b) Journal entries and letters.
(c) Drawings.
(d) Words in another language.

10. Why haven't any of the residents of Bellona tried to make contact with the outside world?
(a) They think others will come and ruin their town.
(b) They have been under siege.
(c) They think the rest of the world has forgotten them.
(d) They lack the self purpose that would help them find a solution.

11. At the end of the section, what place do Kidd and the rest of the scorpions vandalize?
(a) The bar.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A bank.
(d) A store.

12. Who does she teach at the school?
(a) Teens.
(b) College aged students.
(c) Kids that are seven to nine years old.
(d) Toddlers.

13. How does Kamp figure out the date?
(a) He finds out on one of his trips to the rest of the US.
(b) He calls his mother to find out.
(c) He says the date coincides with the position of the planets.
(d) He has been keeping track in a notebook.

14. When Kidd finally decides to write again, what does he write?
(a) More poems.
(b) Nothing. He has nothing to write.
(c) A comic book.
(d) A full book.

15. Kidd and Lanya's relationship has turned into what?
(a) An extremely physical bond.
(b) A threesome with Denny.
(c) A loving relationship.
(d) An uncommunicative one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a man named Frank keep mentioning at the party?

2. To what does she let the children listen everyday?

3. Why does Kidd still question whether or not he wrote the poems?

4. Why is Denny's involvement in their relationship strange to Kidd now?

5. What are most Bellonians, including the scorpions, completely lacking?

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