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

2. What happens after Robert realizes that the vampires are basically immune to his latest weapon in Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) He destroys the mural.
(b) He waits to die.
(c) He races around the house looking for another weapon.
(d) He drinks himself into a stupor.

3. What other important item do the vampires destroy in Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) The telephone.
(b) The generator.
(c) Virginia's wedding ring.
(d) The radio.

4. In Part I, Chapter 4, to where does Robert drive?
(a) The store to restock his water.
(b) The cemetery where Virginia is entombed.
(c) The pit in the field where Kathy was burned.
(d) To Sears to get a new table saw.

5. When Robert is at Sears, what does he find humorous?
(a) His reflection in a broken mirror.
(b) A vampire hiding in a display freezer.
(c) A comic book.
(d) A woman dressed in a toga.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to people infected in Chapter 1?

2. What is Robert doing while reading?

3. Why does Robert get frustrated in Part I, Chapter 3?

4. What does Robert manufacture in an attempt to kill the vampires in Part II, Chapter 7?

5. As the neighbor watched Robert in Part II, Chapter 9, what did he ask of Robert?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Robert begin his research into the nature of vampires?

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

3. In Part I, Chapter 3, to what does Robert compare the vampires?

4. 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.

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

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

7. Outline Robert's experiments on the female vampire in Part II, Chapter 7.

8. In Part I, Chapter 3, what does Robert do to vent his frustration, and what is the source of his frustration?

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

10. Explain a typical day in Robert's life as outlined in Part I, Chapter 2.

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