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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 does Tim want?

2. Who is arguing when Harvey wakes?

3. What is Harvey supposed to do?

4. Who is driving while Eileen sleeps?

5. What is Deke told when he requests sanctuary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jackie say is ironic about the situation of the blacks since the comet strike?

2. What does Beck say about the New Brotherhood Army?

3. What does Al tell Harvey about Maureen?

4. What does Harvey find when he goes to search for his son and the other Boy Scouts and do you think Harvey makes the right decision?

5. What are a couple cultural changes that have happened with the comet strike?

6. What idea does Dan Forrester have to stop the New Brotherhood Army and does it seem plausible?

7. How does Tim and his group get admitted to the ranch?

8. What are Maureen's thoughts about the prisoners from the Brotherhood and do you agree with her?

9. What is the difficult part about guard duty at the Jellison stronghold?

10. What are Harvey and Mark doing at the opening to this section and what is their "take" on their efforts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

There are a large number of people sharing living quarters, and many are unrelated adults such as the house where Harvey, Tim, Eileen, Mark, Joanna and the four Wagoners live on the Jellison compound. Discuss the following:

How difficult do you think it would be to live with a group of people you barely know? Discuss.

What are some things a group of such people as mentioned above can do to help keep things going smoothly?

In your opinion, what would be the most difficult aspect of such a living arrangement?

Essay Topic 3

In an underground concrete bunker somewhere in the northeastern United States, Major Bennet Rosten and Captain Harold Luce are waiting commands. The US fears that the Russians will believe the US "blind and crippled" by the comet event, using that as a time to strike. Discuss the following:

Is it realistic to think that in the middle of a terrible, global crisis that the Russians would launch nuclear warheads at another country? Why or why not?

Why do you think China makes a preemptive strike against Russian when all countries may have to cooperate to overcome total global annihilation from the effects of the comet?

Would you authorize nuclear weapon attacks during such a crisis? Why or why not?

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