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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ezra do when he sees the new puppy Nyle gets him?
(a) Immediately puts it in the bed with him.
(b) Says it's the best present he's ever had.
(c) Names it Shep's girl.
(d) Screams that it's radioactive.

2. How does Nyle try to entice Ezra out of his room?
(a) With the promise of watching a meteor shower.
(b) By offering him a ride on her horse.
(c) With the promise of a hay ride.
(d) By offering to let him watch an ewe have her lamb.

3. What brings up the topic of the nuclear accident?
(a) Seeing the towers of the power plant.
(b) Seeing all the masks the kids are wearing.
(c) Talking about Ezra.
(d) A book about death and belonging.

4. What does Ezra put in his arms?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The puppy.
(c) The bedspread.
(d) A stack of books.

5. What does Nyle want to know?
(a) If Ezra and his mother should have left sooner.
(b) If the people nearby should have stayed or left.
(c) If Ezra has any chance to live.
(d) If her father died quickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ezra do when Nyle goes to pull back the window curtain.

2. What does Nyle do as Ezra walks into the kitchen?

3. What does Nyle do when she and Ezra are upstairs in Nyle's room?

4. How does Ezra respond?

5. Of what does Mrs. Trent start showing symptoms?

(see the answer key)

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