2. What are Nyle and Gran doing down in the cellar?
(a) Canning fruit.
(b) Making cheese.
(c) Making sauerkraut.
(d) Sorting through the potatoes.

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

4. What happens when the girls accidentally rile Ripley?
(a) He says he's going to sic the dog on them.
(b) He walks away.
(c) He throws a snowball and hits Muncie hard in the stomach.
(d) He says he's going to go talk to Mr. Harris.

5. What is Gran's response to Nyle's question?
(a) Death is just another side to life.
(b) He was a sad man.
(c) The routine.
(d) Sometimes it's just someone's time to go.

6. What would Nyla have to do if the wind shifts?
(a) Wear a radiation suit along with her mask.
(b) Leave behind all her treasures.
(c) Help grandma move Mrs. Trent and Ezra.
(d) Get all the sheep into the barn.

7. What does Nyle think about her science lesson?
(a) That there were plenty of fruit flies on the bananas back home.
(b) That she hated the smell of sulfur.
(c) That she didn't think zygots were so interesting.
(d) That it would have been better not to experience it firsthand.

8. What does Ezra ask that Nyla does not know?
(a) That Nyla not read to him anymore.
(b) That he be allowed to die.
(c) That Nyla not visit him anymore.
(d) That the curtins to his bedroom remain drawn.

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

10. How does Ezra respond?
(a) He starts to move towards the door, but then stops and gets in his bed.
(b) He gets to the door, takes a deep breath, and walks through.
(c) He says he will never leave the room.
(d) He walks to the front of the house but cannot go outside.

11. What do Muncie and Nyle do one day after school?
(a) Ride horses.
(b) Visit Ezra so he can meet Muncie.
(c) Go to the movies.
(d) Fix fences.

12. What do the teachers and principal monitor?
(a) The students' physical health.
(b) The radiation levels.
(c) The students' psychological health.
(d) The impact on the students' academic progress by the crisis.

13. Where do the girls encounter some male classmates?
(a) At the arcade.
(b) At a restaurant for lunch.
(c) In the mall.
(d) At the movies.

14. What does Ezra do when Nyle goes to pull back the window curtain.
(a) He hides under the covers.
(b) He gets up to go look outside.
(c) He asks her not to do so.
(d) He asks if she made the curtains.

15. What does Municie tell Nyle?
(a) That if hanging out with her gets Nyle into trouble then Nyle does not need to do it.
(b) That the sheep wasn't harmed as badly as they first thought.
(c) That Nyle is brave to stand up to Powers.
(d) That she should not put up with Powers.