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

2. What does Robert do to Ruth as he embraces her?
(a) Draws blood.
(b) Hugs her too tightly.
(c) Holds a cross against her skin.
(d) Takes the money she stole from him out of her pocket.

3. In the beginning of Part II, Chapter 14, what does Robert realize has never been the answer?
(a) God.
(b) Blood vengeance.
(c) Research.
(d) Intense hope.

4. What is wrong with the first instrument Robert obtains in Part II, Chapter 11?
(a) It is broken.
(b) It is the wrong instrument for what he needs to do.
(c) It is of inferior quality.
(d) It is far too advanced for him to learn how to use it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the final days of the plague, two phenomena erupted. What was one?

2. Where is Ruth when Robert wakes up in Part III, Chapter 18?

3. What does Robert watch through the peephole in Part IV, Chapter 20?

4. Why does Robert think he is immune to the plague?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Robert think that vampires have issues with crosses, mirrors, etc.?

2. Robert's relationship with Ruth begins with a note of distrust. Explain some of the methods Robert uses to try to detect whether Ruth is a vampire or not.

3. Why does Robert acquire a microscope, and what does he see once he gets it to work?

4. In Part III, Chapter 18, what does Robert see and hear when he wakes up in the middle of the night?

5. In Part II, Chapter 11, how many types of vampires does Robert think there are? Describe the hypothesis Robert forms about these different types..

6. What is Robert's reaction to Ben's death at the hands of the men in dark suits?

7. In Part III, Chapter 19, how does Robert react to Ruth's note?

8. How does Ruth react to Robert accusing her of being a vampire?

9. In Part II, Chapter 14, what event does Robert recall during the final days of the plague? How does feel about the people involved in this event?

10. What does Robert do in Part III, Chapter 17, to show Ruth that he does trust her?

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