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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Miranda's cat?

2. In Chapter 10, when is it estimated that natural gas supplies will end?

3. In Chapter 10, what days of the week is the gas station open?

4. On August 10, what is the community bulletin board?

5. In Chapter 3, how far along does a man say that his pregnant wife is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miranda learn when her father calls in Chapter 1?

2. What is learned at the meeting held in Chapter 10 to discuss school?

3. What chores does Miranda do on July 2?

4. On May 21, what does the president say about the situation since the asteroid hit?

5. Why does Miranda's mother come and get her from school on May 19?

6. What does the NBC anchorman report about the damage that happened after the mood was hit by the asteroid?

7. What does Miranda think about her father's wife Lisa?

8. Why does Peter think that Miranda should stop swimming in Chapter 8?

9. What is decided about meals on July 3?

10. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what has Miranda's mother learned about what s going on after the asteroid hit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Everyone has to make sacrifices in order to survive. How do various characters make sacrifices, how do sacrifices reveal character, and how does the theme of sacrifice play out in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Miranda decides that she needs to die in order for her family to live. Why does Miranda make this decision, and how does the decision turn out for good?

Essay Topic 3

Survival is a major theme in the novel. What types of things do people have to survive, and how does the struggle to survive bring out the best and the worst in people?

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