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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. Who does Clay run into when he is lost in Chapter 20?
(a) A police officer.
(b) An old friend.
(c) Danny.
(d) A Spanish-speaking woman.

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

3. What does Clay think was strange about his trip in the car earlier in Chapter 26?
(a) He saw herds of deer passing.
(b) He saw a lot of standing water by the lake.
(c) He did not see a single other car.
(d) He saw a lot of crows gathered in the road.

4. In Chapter 29, why do Clay and Amanda have sex?
(a) They know they will not be able to have sex for a long time after this so they want to take advantage of the time.
(b) They have not had sex in months, so they feel they need to.
(c) They want to annoy the Washingtons.
(d) They have a sense of desperation and do not know what else to do.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ruth tell Amanda she is lucky in Chapter 27?

2. In Chapter 34, what does G.H. offer that Ruth is not in favor of?

3. In Chapter 23, what does G.H. say he thought the noise could have been?

4. Who is the only person Rose tells about seeing the deer?

5. What does Ruth tell Clay and Amanda about their plans for the following day?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what does Rose see in the woods that she points out to Archie?

2. In Chapter 32, how do Amanda, Clay, Rose and Archie respond to the noise?

3. In Chapter 20, how does Clay feel about the vacation as he drives around, lost?

4. In Chapter 26, what happens to Archie?

5. In Chapter 27, what does the narrator reveal about what is happening back in New York City?

6. What happens to Archie in the woods that he does not even feel but that the narrator notes?

7. In Chapter 24, what strikes Amanda as absurdly funny about G.H.?

8. In Chapter 30, what does G.H. say he thinks is the most important thing during a crisis, the same thing that helped him build his fortune?

9. In Chapter 23, what does G.H. suggest is the source of the unsettling thing that happens that even he does not believe?

10. In Chapter 25, what does Ruth set about doing to try to establish normalcy for herself through a task?

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