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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the personal question Nyle asks of Ezra?
(a) If he thinks he is going to die.
(b) Why he doesn't want the curtain opened.
(c) How it feels to be in a coma.
(d) How he got the scar on his forehead.

2. Of what does Mrs. Trent start showing symptoms?
(a) The flu.
(b) Radiation poisoning.
(c) Fear for Ezra.
(d) Stress-induced anxiety.

3. What does Nyla notice about Ezra when she enters his room?
(a) That he is breathing is so quiet she can't hear it.
(b) That he seems to be asleep.
(c) That he is pink on a lot of his skin.
(d) That the shape of his eyes are unusual.

4. What is Ezra doing when Nyla comes into his room?
(a) He is watching t.v.
(b) He is waiting for her and propped up on pillows.
(c) He is talking on the phone.
(d) He is petting Nyla's dog.

5. Where do the girls gather loose wool?
(a) By combing the sheep.
(b) In the barn.
(c) Stuck on barbed wire.
(d) In the patures.

6. How does Mrs. Trent disappoint her parents?
(a) By converting to Roman Catholicism.
(b) By marrying outside the faith.
(c) By marrying too young.
(d) By moving away from Israel.

7. What is the most interesting aspect of the weather right now?
(a) It has hailed golf-sized balls.
(b) Snow has fallen.
(c) It is unseasonably warm.
(d) It is warm and sunny.

8. Why does Muncie go home angry at Nyle?
(a) Because Nyle told her she is going to the Christmas dance.
(b) Because she does not offer Muncie lunch.
(c) Because she does not defend Muncie agains Ripley.
(d) Because she will not say who is at the window.

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

10. Who is Nyle yelling at as the story begins?
(a) Tyrus.
(b) Muncie.
(c) Phoebe.
(d) Ripley.

11. What does Ezra now have the strength to do?
(a) Walk to and fro in his room.
(b) Start back on his school work.
(c) Go outside for brief periods of time.
(d) Learn to card wool.

12. From where are the mother and son in the back room?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) London.
(c) Melrose.
(d) Corkshire.

13. About what is Muncie asking Nyle?
(a) A book assigned in English class.
(b) Who she is going with to a school dance.
(c) If Ezra was nice.
(d) Why she allows Tyrus in their fields.

14. Who does Nyle invite along?
(a) No one.
(b) Muncie.
(c) Ripley.
(d) Ezra.

15. Who eventually comes out to greet Nyle?
(a) Caleb.
(b) Gran.
(c) Baylor.
(d) Mr. Trent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not out as usual?

2. Who is Tyrus?

3. What does Nyla do with her mask after talking with Gran?

4. What does Nyla monitor as the days pass by?

5. What are Nyle and Gran doing down in the cellar?

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