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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. How much older is Phil than Cedar?
(a) Three years older.
(b) Five years older.
(c) Two years older.
(d) Seven years older.

2. How far along in her pregnancy does Cedar say she is in the opening of Part I?
(a) Five months.
(b) Four months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two months.

3. What does Cedar consider that she should stock up on in order to bargain after the apocalypse?
(a) Salt.
(b) Liquor.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Potatoes.

4. What has Phil bought a lot of and locked in the car trunk when he returns with food and provisions for the first time in Part I?
(a) Guns.
(b) Bombs.
(c) Water.
(d) Gasoline.

5. Where does Cedar see the phrase "Future Home of the Living God" in Part I (13)?
(a) On a newspaper headline.
(b) On a magazine cover.
(c) On a billboard.
(d) On sidewalk graffiti.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how tall is Eddy described as being?

2. What are the names of Cedar's adoptive parents?

3. What outstanding feature does Cedar describe of her baby's father in Part I?

4. What does Cedar refer to the "Anima Mundi" as in Part I (62)?

5. What does "WV" refer to in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Sera eating a hot dog?

2. What is supposedly happening genetically that is altering the world in the novel?

3. What does Cedar stock up on in preparation for the apocalypse? Why?

4. In what ways is the name "Mary" significant in the novel?

5. What publication does Cedar produce? What is its subject?

6. What is Eddy's book comprised of? How long is it when Cedar meets him?

7. Why is Cedar going to an Ojibwe reservation in Part I?

8. What does the lizardlike bird that Cedar observes in Part I represent?

9. What are Cedar's spiritual/religious beliefs like?

10. How do Cedar's spiritual/religious beliefs differ from those of her adoptive parents?

(see the answer keys)

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