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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Haskins assign the students to write?
(a) A letter to their best friend and talk about their fears.
(b) A letter to their congressional representatives and senators.
(c) A letter to their friends or families out of town telling them about the accident.
(d) A personal story about the accident.

2. Who is with Nyle when she sees a sheep lying still?
(a) Tyrus.
(b) Ripley.
(c) Muncie.
(d) Phoebe.

3. What does Mrs. Trent do when she comes into the room where Nyla and Ezra are?
(a) Mrs. Trent tells Nyla Ezra is actually her nephew.
(b) Mrs. Trent kisses her son and says a prayer for him.
(c) Mrs. Trent starts crying.
(d) Mrs. Trent lays her hand on Nyla's head and blesses her.

4. What does Mr. Sobel tell the students?
(a) About radioactive materials.
(b) About zygots.
(c) That the fruit fly experiment has been canceled because the radiation killed the flies.
(d) That they would be doing an experiment with sulfur.

5. How does Munice interpret Nyla's reluctance to talk?
(a) That Nyla doesn't like talking through her mask.
(b) That Nyla is taking what Ripley said seriously.
(c) That Nyla has a secret.
(d) That Nyla is not feeling well.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Tyrus?

2. What does Nyla not want to tell Muncie?

3. From where are the mother and son in the back room?

4. Who killed the sheep?

5. How does Mrs. Trent disappoint her parents?

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