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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 34, what does Clay confess to the others?
(a) He does not have any money.
(b) He got lost the day before when he went into town.
(c) He is too drunk to drive.
(d) His car does not work.

3. In Chapter 28, what do the adults eat for dinner?
(a) Casserole.
(b) Hamburgers.
(c) Sausage pasta.
(d) Roast turkey.

4. What does G.H. tell Amanda that Maya does for a living?
(a) She is an advertising executive.
(b) Runs a law firm.
(c) Runs a Montessori school.
(d) She is a doctor.

5. Why is Amanda so on edge in Chapter 23?
(a) Clay has not returned from his errand yet.
(b) Rose has started to have a seizure.
(c) Her mother has just died.
(d) She has started vomiting.

6. What does Ruth tell Clay and Amanda about their plans for the following day?
(a) They should not go because it is not safe out in the world.
(b) They should go to another state and try to make a new life.
(c) They should try to get to the airport.
(d) They should go as soon as possible.

7. What was the name of G.H.'s mentor?
(a) Randall Wilson.
(b) Charles Schwabner.
(c) Bennie Good.
(d) Stephen Johnson.

8. What "old idea" does Ruth bring up to Amanda in Chapter 17?
(a) Of what color you would dye your hair.
(b) Of what you would take with you to a desert island.
(c) Of what your last meal would be.
(d) Of what you would save from a burning house.

9. What does the narrator reveals is the fate of the man who runs the laundromat Amada uses?
(a) He will die of cancer.
(b) He will flourish in his business after the disaster.
(c) He will die in a car accident.
(d) He will die trapped in an elevator.

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

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

12. What kind of woman does Amanda believe herself to be in Chapter 22?
(a) A Renaissance woman.
(b) A woman of the world.
(c) A kind woman.
(d) A sly woman.

13. Which of the following does Amanda experience after the unsettling event in Chapter 22?
(a) Blood coming out of her mouth.
(b) Dry eyes.
(c) Muscle aches and pains.
(d) A taste like metal in her mouth.

14. What does G.H. say about the quiet in Chapter 30?
(a) It is noisy.
(b) It is relentless.
(c) It is bad.
(d) It is scary.

15. In Chapter 34, what does G.H. offer that Ruth is not in favor of?
(a) Going with Clay and Archie to the hospital.
(b) His gun.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say you get a sense of in the woods?

2. What does Clay suggest that is subversive in Chapter 29, which Amanda hesitates before agreeing to?

3. Who does Clay run into when he is lost in Chapter 20?

4. Why does Rose get startled in Chapter 19?

5. What does Ruth make in Chapter 22 for the adults?

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