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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Five through Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Dunworthy realize the epidemic is very serious?
(a) So far, the epidemic is not too bad.
(b) Because Badri has had all his shots and is still sick.
(c) Because most people who become ill die within 3 days.
(d) Because the doctor's have Dunworthy start calling next of kin.

2. What does Badri ask when he is lucid for a moment?
(a) Where his mother is.
(b) If everyone else has died.
(c) If he can go back to the lab yet.
(d) If Kivrin is back.

3. What does Dunworthy tell Badri about his illness.
(a) It is not fatal.
(b) That it's only been fatal in the very elderly.
(c) It is a 72 hour virus and he's almost over it.
(d) It could be serious but the doctor's are doing all they can to make sure Badri recovers.

4. What helps William agree to run errands for Dunworthy?
(a) William does not agree.
(b) Dunworthy threatens him.
(c) Dunworthy flatters him.
(d) Dunworthy offers him extra credit in class.

5. What is Dunworthy entering at the opening of the novel?
(a) The Dean's office.
(b) A viewing chamber.
(c) The faculty lounge.
(d) The Faculty cafeteria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kivrin realize shortly after waking and knowing she is back in time?

2. What does Kivrin note in her first entry in her Doomsday Book?

3. What does Kivrin not care if her fingernails are chipped and hands dirty?

4. What does Kivrin think she sees?

5. What does Badri say when he rushes up to Dunworthy and Mary?

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