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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. How do the Sinanians die?
(a) A motorcycle gang.
(b) A comet lands squarely on their house.
(c) They survive the comet hit on their home and are alive.
(d) The wife of natural causes and the husband of suicide.

2. Where is Harry when an earthquake hits?
(a) On his mail route.
(b) In bed asleep.
(c) Driving Jason to the airport.
(d) At Senator Jellison's ranch.

3. What does Barry ask Delores?
(a) To go with him to a safe area before the comet comes.
(b) If she is determined to quit her job.
(c) Why she has not ever married.
(d) To marry him.

4. What does Fred say on his way to jail?
(a) That he is sorry.
(b) That God told him to do it.
(c) Noting.
(d) That he's not worried because the Earth will be destroyed by the comet.

5. What are Chet and Mabel Hawker and their friends, the Andersons, doing when they see a flash of light?
(a) Running for their storm shelter.
(b) In a outdoor church service praying.
(c) Playing cards on a plane.
(d) Trying to reach the mountains near Los Angeles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sharps decide to call Senator Jellison?

2. Who is at the party with Senator Jellison?

3. What does Harvey do?

4. Who is killed on the way to Harvey's house?

5. What does Jakov say about women?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Tim and Eileen use a clever ruse to make their way through the hysterical crowds?

2. How does Alim demonstrate that he is re-thinking home robberies to ensure his gang's survival?

3. What demonstrates how those who survive are the ones who concentrate on their own survival?

4. What is Harry doing when the comet strikes and what is his response?

5. Describe a couple of Harry's "appointed rounds" and an evaluation of this man.

6. Describe the activities aboard the space shuttle and comment upon the conversation.

7. Why are Frank, Mark and Joanne in the desert?

8. Who seems to take Armitage's type of preaching to heart in this section and what does he do?

9. Do you think Harry is a little crazy for continuing his pursuit to deliver the mail?

10. What is one repercussion of the "gloom and doom" message preached by Henry Armitage and others?

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