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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Under the Hide.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. O'Connell describes arriving at the conclusion that which island was a metaphor for all of earth in the modern age?
(a) San Juan Island.
(b) Fire Island.
(c) Easter Island.
(d) Three-Mile Island.

2. Upon seeing an old man dancing in Glendale, O'Connell thinks about a boy he had seen dancing by the river in which state?
(a) South Dakota.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Kentucky.

3. O'Connell concludes in Chapter 2: Preparations that rather than preparing for their fears, doomsday preppers are preparing for their what?
(a) Survival.
(b) Tribulations.
(c) Futures.
(d) Fantasies.

4. How old was O'Connell's son at the time of the events described in Chapter 1: Tribulations?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 11.
(d) 3.

5. What does the Spanish word vivos mean in English?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Breath.
(c) Meaning.
(d) Living.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 4: Bolt-Hole describes O'Connell's arrival in what location?

2. What kind of artist was the man who served as O'Connell's son's first example of an auteur?

3. People from what area of the world appear to be buying up large swaths of land in New Zealand?

4. What kind of feeling did O'Connell's friend report experiencing while looking at a graph about consumption?

5. O'Connell wonders how humans are supposed to take what action when we know that we are likely doomed?

(see the answer key)

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