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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: The Redness of the Map.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. O'Connell claims that doomsday preppers and their actions are completely devoid of which human element?
(a) Anger.
(b) Tranquility.
(c) Altruism.
(d) Apathy.

2. Around the time depicted in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival, the United States and which country were at odds around nuclear weapons?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Iran.
(c) Russia.
(d) North Korea.

3. The warning O'Connell discusses in Chapter 8: The Redness of the Map is meant to warn people about an element of what?
(a) Medical health.
(b) Bias.
(c) Financial health.
(d) Weather.

4. O'Connell wonders how humans are supposed to take what action when we know that we are likely doomed?
(a) To breathe easily.
(b) To laugh.
(c) To smile.
(d) To live.

5. Caroline once wondered aloud if which creatures would make beautiful fossils?
(a) Cockroaches.
(b) Ligers.
(c) Humans.
(d) Owls.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time of O'Connell's visit to the Zone, how many years before had the Chernobyl disaster occurred?

2. What is the last name of O'Connell's friend Anthony?

3. O'Connell admits to the reader that he and his wife have so far succeeded in convincing their son that what aspect of life is obsolete?

4. Which member of O'Connell's family did he used to take to the churchyard to play?

5. In what decade of life was Anthony at the time he fetched O'Connell from the airport near his home?

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