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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 is the protagonist's mission in Chapter 1?
(a) To find a cure.
(b) To destroy "the others."
(c) To save his neighbor
(d) To hide from society.

2. Robert recalls something about the pit when he arrives at the field. What does he recall?
(a) No one knows its origin.
(b) It was once a landfill.
(c) Kathy is in there.
(d) It has been there for years.

3. What was Robert's daughter's name?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Kathy.

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

5. Where does Robert go to study the problem presented in Part II, Chapter 9?
(a) The University of California.
(b) The Los Angeles public library.
(c) The nearest Internet cafe.
(d) Main Street Bar and Grille.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert try to borrow from Ben in Part II, Chapter 9?

2. What happens after Robert realizes that the vampires are basically immune to his latest weapon in Part I, Chapter 5?

3. What do the female vampires do to taunt Robert?

4. What kind of car does Robert drive?

5. Robert recalls the beginning of the plague. A war began. What happened during that war to begin all the trouble?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Robert's relationship with Ben Cortman before Ben became ill.

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

4. Robert is reading Bram Stoker's Dracula. His attention is drawn by the quote, "The strength of the vampire is that no one will believe in him." What do you think Stoker meant by this quote, and why does it seem preposterous to Robert in his present situation?

5. What is Robert Neville's mission in life as described in Part I, Chapter 1?

6. In Part II, Chapter 8, Robert continues his investigation into vampires and things which might affect them. Describe one of the additional experiments Robert performs.

7. In Part I, Chapter 6, what does Robert's new mural represent?

8. Robert realizes that the vampires' vulnerability lies in their blood. Why does he believe this, and what does he intend to do about it?

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

10. In Part II, Chapter 9, what happens after Robert buried Virginia in a shallow grave.

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