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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the real reason Nyle declines Muncie's invitation?
(a) She has to go be checked for possible radiation poisoning.
(b) She has to go sit with Ezra.
(c) She doesn't like spinning wool.
(d) She doesn't want to see the movie Muncie has.

2. What does Nyle decide to add to the farm?
(a) A new feeding trough.
(b) A new ram.
(c) A horse to replace the pony Mr. Harris bought for Muncie.
(d) A guard dog.

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

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

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

6. Who defends Muncie before Nyle has the chance to do so?
(a) Muncie.
(b) Bob.
(c) Dan.
(d) Gran.

7. 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 Nyle is brave to stand up to Powers.
(c) That the sheep wasn't harmed as badly as they first thought.
(d) That she should not put up with Powers.

8. What does Nyle reply to Muncie's statement?
(a) That they should put the sheep on a cart and call the vet.
(b) That she puts up with powers because he is violent.
(c) That she wasn't as brave as she might have seemed.
(d) That no one will tell her who to hang out with.

9. What does Nyla offer to help do?
(a) Teach Muncie's pony to wear a bridle.
(b) Move Ezra outside for some fresh air.
(c) Stay after school and clean chalk boards.
(d) Help Muncie card and spin the wool.

10. Who is in the back room?
(a) Nyle's cousin.
(b) Grandpa.
(c) Evacuees.
(d) Nyle's father.

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

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

13. What does Nyla decide is one of the things she needs to do?
(a) Help a little with Ezra's physical care.
(b) Ask her gran about the truth about her father.
(c) Tell Muncie about Ezra.
(d) Make friends with Ripley.

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

15. What does Nyla not want to tell Muncie?
(a) About how Nyla's father died.
(b) That she is going to the dance with a boy.
(c) About Ezra and Mrs. Trent.
(d) That she doesn't want Muncie to come over anymore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes on the t.v. to talk about the radiation accident?

2. What does Nyle do after shrugging off her uneasy feeling?

3. What is Ezra doing when Nyla comes into his room?

4. What does Muncie say when Nyle asks her opinion about the people who used to live in Cookshire?

5. What do Muncie and Nyle do after working in the pasture?

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