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

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 the shape of his eyes are unusual.
(c) That he seems to be asleep.
(d) That he is pink on a lot of his skin.

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

5. What is the only thing Ezra says to Nyle?
(a) "I want to go home."
(b) "Who are you?"
(c) "I want my mommie."
(d) "I had a dog."

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

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

8. Where has Mrs. Haskins been?
(a) At a teacher's convention.
(b) In bed ill.
(c) On personal leave.
(d) Out of the country.

9. Who does not answer Nyle's calls?
(a) Gran and the dog and cat.
(b) Nyle's grandpa.
(c) Nyle's mother.
(d) Nyle's father.

10. What does the person want?
(a) He wants to learn more about the sheep.
(b) She wants the girls to come in for lunch.
(c) He wants Muncie to come home.
(d) His dog, Tyrus, is missing again.

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

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

13. What does Nyle wonder about her mask?
(a) If they would have to wear the mask for the rest of their lives.
(b) How it could protect her against something unseen.
(c) Whether it was any longer necessary.
(d) If the mask would eventually become radioactive.

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

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