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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the vampires destroy after Robert gets back into his house in Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) The station wagon.
(b) The mirror on the front door.
(c) Robert's stack of firewood.
(d) Each other.

2. Whom does Robert call out to at the end of Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) His dead daughter.
(b) God.
(c) His dead wife.
(d) His father.

3. In Part I, Chapter 5, when does Robert arrive home?
(a) At dusk.
(b) At midnight.
(c) At midday.
(d) At dawn.

4. In Part II, Chapter 8, Ben reminds Robert of what character?
(a) Barney Fife.
(b) Bud Abbott.
(c) Oliver Hardy.
(d) Lou Costello.

5. What does Robert manufacture in an attempt to kill the vampires in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) Sulfuric acid.
(b) Alyll sulphide.
(c) Boric acid.
(d) Potassium carbonate.

6. What happens to people infected in Chapter 1?
(a) They go into an irreversible coma.
(b) They die quickly.
(c) They develop ugly, scarring sores.
(d) They become vampires.

7. What are the creatures repulsed by in Chapter 2?
(a) Holy water.
(b) Garlic.
(c) A picture of Jesus.
(d) Water.

8. What is Robert's last name?
(a) Neville.
(b) Palmer.
(c) Newberg.
(d) Newcastle.

9. What is Robert thinking about replacing in Chapter 1?
(a) A mirror.
(b) His wife.
(c) His shoes.
(d) A window.

10. What does Robert hear while he is contemplating the existence of vampires in Part I, Chapter 3?
(a) The roar of a car engine.
(b) Vampires taunting him to come outside.
(c) Barking dogs.
(d) Absolutely nothing.

11. What does Robert smash in Chapter 1?
(a) A dish.
(b) A huge, mutated insect.
(c) A recording called "The Year of the Plague."
(d) A large mirror.

12. What is wrong with Robert when he wakes up in Part I, Chapter 4?
(a) He is hungover.
(b) He just wants to curl up and die.
(c) His hand is bleeding badly.
(d) He has caught the virus.

13. In Part I, Chapter 4, what is Robert's silent wish?
(a) To go home.
(b) To win the lottery.
(c) That things would go back to the way they were before.
(d) To die peacefully and join his wife and daughter.

14. What do the female vampires do to taunt Robert?
(a) They behave lewdly.
(b) They make fun of him.
(c) They sing loudly.
(d) They tell him that he'll never get away.

15. Robert recalls the beginning of the plague. A war began. What happened during that war to begin all the trouble?
(a) A swarm of infected insects came over on an enemy plane.
(b) The United States was bombed.
(c) Nothing. The people were already sick.
(d) The enemy used chemical warfare on American citizens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Robert has a tattoo. What does it look like?

2. What is Robert doing while reading?

3. What does Robert do to express his frustration in Part I, Chapter3?

4. As Robert is driving through the city in Chapter 2, what does he notice?

5. What time does the vampire in Robert's house awaken in Part II, Chapter 7?

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