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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 happens again in Chapter 31 that terrifies everyone?
(a) A knock comes on the door.
(b) Rose starts throwing up.
(c) Archie throws up again.
(d) A terrible loud sound happens again.

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

3. In Chapter 23, what does Amanda ask if the noise could have been?
(a) A plane.
(b) An avalanche.
(c) A river.
(d) An animal.

4. How many grandchildren do Ruth and G.H. have?
(a) 1.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the adults see in the pool in Chapter 30?

2. In Chapter 28, what can G.H. not wait to see?

3. In Chapter 31, what do the adults do in the beginning?

4. In Chapter 28, what do the adults talk about at dinner?

5. What does Rose not understand about being young in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 27, why does Ruth tell Amanda that Amanda is lucky?

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

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

4. In Chapter 26, what does Rose do as a diversion for herself and the others in the house, and how is this gesture received?

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. In Chapter 26, what happens to Archie?

10. In Chapter 30, what do the adults see outside that astounds them?

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