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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Robert think he is immune to the plague?
(a) He doesn't know.
(b) He thinks it is genetic.
(c) He was bitten by a vampire bat during the war.
(d) He injected himself with tiny amounts of vampire blood.

2. In Part III, Chapter 18, what does Robert wake up doing?
(a) Calling Ruth's name.
(b) Walking in his sleep.
(c) Shouting Virginia's name.
(d) Pushing Ruth off of the bed.

3. What happens to Robert when the men of the new society come for him?
(a) He manages to kill them all but is injured in the process.
(b) He is invited to join the new society.
(c) He is beaten up and dragged away.
(d) He is turned into a vampire.

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

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

6. In Part II, Chapter 14, Robert comes up with a psychological explanation as a new perspective on the way vampires act. To what does he compare this psychological explanation?
(a) The blind faith of cult members.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Hysterical blindness.
(d) Mass suicide.

7. What do Robert and Ruth discuss over supper?
(a) Life's quirks.
(b) Her broken spirit.
(c) Rap music.
(d) Vampires.

8. In Part II, Chapter 12, what does Robert feel the world has fallen to?
(a) The supernatural.
(b) Sin and immorality.
(c) Complete ruin.
(d) New lows.

9. In Part III, Chapter 17, what does Ruth say when Robert asks if he can test her blood now?
(a) She screams at him and throws her dinner plate against the wall.
(b) She politely declines.
(c) She agrees.
(d) She asks him to wait until the next morning because she feels ill.

10. What does Robert promise to do for Ruth if she is infected?
(a) Help her find more of her kind.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Stay by her side.
(d) Try to cure her.

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

12. In Part III, Chapter 16, Robert brings Ruth back to his house. What does he wonder about her?
(a) If she just moved to town.
(b) If she is infected.
(c) If she is alone.
(d) If she is married.

13. What new fear does Robert develop toward the end of Part II, Chapter 13?
(a) That Ben will come back to kill him.
(b) That his new companion has been infected.
(c) Werewolves.
(d) The dark.

14. What does Robert do in response to the results of his lists in Part II, Chapter 12?
(a) Goes on a drinking binge.
(b) Rips the paper to shreds.
(c) Shouts "Eureka!!"
(d) Regains his motivation.

15. What happens to Robert's new companion at the end of Part II, Chapter 13?
(a) He brings a friend.
(b) The vampires destroy him.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what type of note does the relationship between Robert and Ruth begin?

2. In Part II, Chapter 14, Robert thinks that the people at the revival died with what in their hearts?

3. What does Robert ask of Ruth that makes her angry?

4. What emotion does Robert feel for the vampires who don't belong to the new society?

5. As Robert sits on his porch, what does he see running across the field in Part III, Chapter 15?

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