2. Which airline had lost a plane during the crisis that no character in the story is aware of?
(a) United.
(b) Southwest.
(c) American.
(d) Delta.

3. In Chapter 30, who comes into the hot tub with Amana?
(a) Ruth.
(b) G.H.
(c) Clay.
(d) Archie.

4. How does Archie try to scare Rose in Chapter 19?
(a) He tells her there are ghosts in the house.
(b) He tells her someone sitting in the little shed in the woods has a clear view to her bedroom window at night.
(c) He tells her he hears a gun.
(d) He tells her there are tarantulas in these woods.

5. Why does Ruth tell Amanda she is lucky in Chapter 27?
(a) She has her kids with her, but Ruth does not know how her own daughter and grandchildren are.
(b) She has her job.
(c) She has her health.
(d) She has money.

6. What phrase does Ruth recall her mother saying in Chapter 18?
(a) There but for the grace of God go I.
(b) God willing.
(c) God love them.
(d) Always keep the wind at your back.

7. What do Ruth and G.H. note is strange in its absence in Chapter 23?
(a) Deer.
(b) Air traffic noise overhead.
(c) The barking of dogs.
(d) Birds.

8. What does the narrator say you get a sense of in the woods?
(a) A sense of your own mortality.
(b) A sense of a supernatural presence.
(c) A sense of danger.
(d) A sense of something you cannot see no matter how you try.

9. What does Archie think about Rose's being startled in Chapter 19?
(a) He reflexively thinks, "Pussy."
(b) He tells Rose to just go back to the house.
(c) He yells at Rose for being a coward.
(d) He hugs Rose and tells her it will be OK.

10. What does Ruth miss in general in the end of Chapter 18?
(a) A sense of propriety.
(b) A sense of peace.
(c) A sense of anger.
(d) A sense of place.

11. What landmark does Clay look for to show him the way back to the vacation house?
(a) The soup kitchen.
(b) The Starbucks.
(c) The large rock.
(d) The egg shack.

12. What does Ruth bring to Archie in Chapter 27?
(a) Cake.
(b) Flowers.
(c) A thermometer.
(d) A blanket.

13. What does G.H. say he thinks is actually happening, as opposed to the end of the world?
(a) An anomaly.
(b) A climate event.
(c) A glitch.
(d) A market event.

14. What do G.H. and Amanda do together in Chapter 22?
(a) Eat nectarines.
(b) Look around the garden.
(c) Pore over the stock market report.
(d) Go in the hot tub.

15. In Chapter 28, what do the adults talk about at dinner?
(a) Money.
(b) Places they have traveled.
(c) Their parents.
(d) Good friends.