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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruth tell Robert as he embraces her?
(a) That she has been watching him for some time.
(b) That she loves him and wants him to run away with her.
(c) That it would be better if they were all dead.
(d) That there is no hope for them.

2. What does Robert ask of Ruth that makes her angry?
(a) If he can test her blood.
(b) If she will move in with him.
(c) If she will sleep with him.
(d) If she is a vampire.

3. What new hope does Robert's new companion give him in Part II, Chapter 13?
(a) That the plague has burned itself out.
(b) That there may be more human survivors.
(c) That the world has not turned totally evil.
(d) That Robert won't ever have to be alone again.

4. In Part II, Chapter 11, what instrument does Robert obtain to further study the characteristics that make vampires what they are?
(a) A microscope.
(b) A bioscope.
(c) An electroscope
(d) A telescope.

5. What emotion does Robert feel for the vampires who don't belong to the new society?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Disinterest.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Sadness.

6. Where is Ruth when Robert wakes up in Part III, Chapter 18?
(a) In bed beside him.
(b) Gone.
(c) Standing in the living room.
(d) Outside with the vampires.

7. How does Robert look in Part III, Chapter 15?
(a) Clean cut.
(b) His hair and beard are long and shaggy.
(c) Twenty years older.
(d) Dirty and unkempt.

8. In Part III, Chapter 17, what does Ruth agree to allow Robert to do?
(a) Give her Virginia's clothes.
(b) Take her shopping.
(c) Test her blood.
(d) Make love to her.

9. During his recollection of the height of the plague, Robert remembers being literally dragged to a revival meeting. Who drags him?
(a) A vampire.
(b) His wife Virginia.
(c) His neighbor Ben.
(d) A wild-eyed preacher.

10. What does Ruth leave for Robert when she leaves his house?
(a) A rose.
(b) Poison.
(c) A mess.
(d) A note.

11. What are the headings of the lists that Robert makes in Part II, Chapter 12?
(a) Bacillus and Unknown.
(b) Germ and No Germ.
(c) To Be and Not To Be.
(d) Known and Unknown.

12. When Part IV, Chapter 20 begins, what year is it?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1999.

13. What does Ruth reveal is her true purpose in coming to Robert?
(a) To steal his secrets.
(b) To spy on him.
(c) To seduce him.
(d) To kill him.

14. What is Robert smoking in Part III, Chapter 15?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) A ham.
(c) A pipe.
(d) A cigarette.

15. In Part III, Chapter 15, what year is it?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1968.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1978.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with the first instrument Robert obtains in Part II, Chapter 11?

2. What happens to Robert's new companion at the end of Part II, Chapter 13?

3. In Part III, Chapter 18, what does Robert wake up doing?

4. What happens to Robert when the men of the new society come for him?

5. In Part III, Chapter 17, what does Ruth say when Robert asks if he can test her blood now?

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