2. How does Ezra react when his mask slips?
(a) He rips it off his head while screaming.
(b) He appears either not to care or notice.
(c) He panics.
(d) He pulls it back on his face.

3. What does Mrs. Trent ask Nyle do to before Mrs. Trent leaves the kitchen?
(a) To get the puppy.
(b) To let Ezra talk.
(c) To be gentle with Ezra.
(d) To close the curtain.

4. What does Nyle do when the two arrive at school?
(a) Tells Ezra she'll see him at lunch.
(b) Takes Ezra to meet the tennis coach because he wants to play tennis.
(c) Introduces Ezra as her brother to everyone.
(d) Takes Ezra to where he needs to register.

5. What happens after Nyle reads a paper to Ezra?
(a) He is sure she will be able to publish it.
(b) He tells her it is astonishing.
(c) He throws his paper away.
(d) He says it needs some work.

6. What does Nyle see when she spots Ezra throughout the day?
(a) He is surrounded by girls.
(b) He is alone and seems confused.
(c) He is wearing his mask again.
(d) He is limping badly.

7. Where does Nyle sit?
(a) She gets off the bus.
(b) In the row behind Muncie.
(c) All the way to the back.
(d) All the way to the front.

8. What does Nyle teach Ezra?
(a) How to drive the truck.
(b) How to drive the tractor.
(c) How to climb the ladder to the loft.
(d) How to sling hay bales.

9. What does Nyle do to remind herself of Ezra?
(a) Go and cuddle with Shep.
(b) Do a drawing of him from memory.
(c) Look at a picture she took of him.
(d) Lie in his bed.

10. On the bus ride home, what is Ezra happy to report?
(a) That the principal said he could stay at home and do his studies there.
(b) That he seems to have been accepted by most of the kids.
(c) That he has already met some interesting girls.
(d) That he solved the brainteaser that the teacher puts up each week but that no one ever solves.

11. After Nyle takes another seat, what happens?
(a) Muncie stares at Nyle as if to ask why she didn't sit by her.
(b) Muncie puts on her headset and gets into her own world.
(c) Nyle begins to talk to another girl.
(d) Muncie removes her pack and lets another student sit beside her.

12. What is Nyla's assignment for History?
(a) To write a letter to someone in history who has had the greatest impact on her.
(b) To read up on nuclear power.
(c) To memorize a famous speech.
(d) To study the reason for the Constitution.

13. Who shows up while Nyle is still alone?
(a) Muncie.
(b) Ripley.
(c) Shep.
(d) The sheriff.

14. Why does Ripley start crying?
(a) He confesses that his dog dies of radiation poisoning.
(b) Muncie says he probably killed his own dog.
(c) Ezra hit him really hard.
(d) Nyle calls him a bully.

15. Why is their dairy farm defunct?
(a) Because of a bad mudslide that killed most of the cows.
(b) Because May and Lemmy are too old to work it.
(c) Because the government confiscated most of their land under eminent domain laws.
(d) Because of contamination from radiation.