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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 forming in Tujunga?

2. How does Harry leave Carrie Roman's house?

3. What does Fred say on his way to jail?

4. How do Jason and Harry celebrate the announcement?

5. What passes Tim and Eileen and goes off the bridge?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the astronauts decide to land in California?

2. How does Harry happen take up residence at a chicken ranch and do you think he has the right to do so?

3. What do Tim and Eileen do after leaving the observatory and what is your analysis of their actions?

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

5. What advice does Tim give the ranger?

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

7. Define the literary term "comic relief" and give an example of it from this section.

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

9. What happens when Tim and Eileen try to buy a car and what is the implication?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tim and Eileen arrive at Tim's observatory to find several men - led by Marty Robbins - guarding with guns, refusing Tim admittance and saying generally that laws of ownership no longer exist. When Harry finds the Chicken Farm vacant and the owners deceased, he decides to take up residence there. Discuss the following:

Do you think the laws of ownership are impossible to maintain under this type of situation? Why or why not?

Is it moral to have kept Tim from his own property and thus increasing his vulnerability to being killed? Discuss.

Does it seem ethical for Harry to take up residence at the Chicken Farm? Why or why not?

If the United States government and State's governments are eventually established, who do you think should own a piece of property--the former owners or those who have commandeered the property?

Essay Topic 2

When Harvey comes home just after the comet begins striking the earth, he finds his wife and dog murdered and his house ransacked with the supplies he had carefully laid up for disaster stolen. He lies down and starts to go to sleep. Discuss the following:

Why do you think Harvey just lies down and goes to sleep?

What do you think would have happened had Joanne and Mark not arrived?

Why do you think some people react to survive in a crisis and others just give up and resign themselves to death?

In Hot Fudge Tuesdae: Three, Dan Forrester goes to great lengths and uses critical time to hide books, including one on how to make insulin, which ultimately does Dan no good since he dies before he can get to the books. Why do you think Dan takes time to hide the books and why do you think he does not take the one critical book on insulin production with him? Do you think what he did was wise or foolish? Discuss fully.

Essay Topic 3

As Tim is trying to get out of the city, he grabs an abandoned tape recorder and microphone and shoves it into an armed man's face, asking questions. Discuss one of the following:

Obviously Tim thinks quickly on his feet. This might be called an instance of "survival of the fittest." Discuss this concept as it appears through the entire book.

For some, survival has included cannibalism. Discuss the moral implications of cannibalism as a means of survival. Use examples from the book and real life (think of Donner Pass and the plane crash in the Andies).

Should the concept of "survival of the fittest" be the guiding principle in such a situation as that in Lucifer's Hammer?

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