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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. What happens to make Robert bleed during his mad dash home after his watch stops?
(a) He crashes into a pole and hits his head on the steering wheel.
(b) A female vampire bites him.
(c) He cuts himself climbing over a fence.
(d) Ben Cortman scratches him.

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

3. In what year was "I Am Legend" written?
(a) 1954.
(b) 2006.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1998.

4. In Part II, Chapter 8, Robert wonders if Mohammedan vampires are affected by what?
(a) The cross.
(b) Garlic.
(c) Holy water.
(d) The menorah.

5. When defending his behavior to himself, what does Robert say has "fallen with society"?
(a) Faith.
(b) Conscience.
(c) Humanity.
(d) Morality.

Short Answer Questions

1. In place of the usual garlic wreath, Robert hangs a garland of what outside of his home to see if it, too, will affect the vampires?

2. How does Robert kill three vampires in Part I, Chapter 5?

3. When the event occurs in Part II, Chapter 9, what is Robert's first reaction?

4. What does Robert get out of his dresser drawer after he sees the vampires destroying his personal property?

5. In Part II, Chapter 7, on what does Robert perform his experiments?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part I, Chapter 5, what does Robert fear the vampires will do to his house?

2. How does Robert react to the vampire attack after he gets back in his house?

3. Describe Robert Neville as he is introduced to the reader in Part I, Chapter I.

4. What does Robert see when he finally emerges from his wife's crypt?

5. What two important items did the vampires destroy after Robert's watch stopped, and why were they so important?

6. What is allyl sulphide, and how is it prepared?

7. What theory about the disease is Robert not ready to accept in Part II, Chapter 7? What does he research after this conclusion?

8. Robert's thoughts have a particular theme in Part I, Chapter 2. Outline his thoughts in simple form and describe the assumptions he makes from his analysis.

9. What does Robert do in defiance of the law after Virginia dies, and why does he do so?

10. In Part I, Chapter 4, Robert awakens late in the morning, suffering the effects of a night of drinking too much. His feelings begin to conflict with each other, and he finally gets in his car and drives dangerously and aimlessly. Where does he end up, and what does he do while there?

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