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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nyle do as Ezra walks into the kitchen?
(a) Invites him to sit at the table for dinner.
(b) Offers him pancakes and coffee.
(c) Tells him the puppy ran away.
(d) Moves the geiger counter around to show it is safe.

2. What does Nyle wear in order to walk around the farm?
(a) Nothing; the farm is safe.
(b) A mask.
(c) Protective clothing and mask.
(d) Protective clothing, though she doesn't need a mask.

3. What does Nyle pretend?
(a) That Ezra is staying for a long time.
(b) To have a rock in her shoe so she has to lean over to avoid seeing the person in the driveway.
(c) That she is Ezra's girlfriend.
(d) That she does not see Muncie.

4. After Ezra leaves the kitchen, what does Nyle do?
(a) Reads his paper.
(b) Cries.
(c) Goes to feed Shep.
(d) Goes to check on the sheep.

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

6. Who does Nyle talk about who was a carpenter?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her father.
(c) Mr. Harris.
(d) Her grandfather.

7. What is Gran burning?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Green wood.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A hay bale.

8. Why doesn't Nyle and Gran celebrate Christmas this year?
(a) They never celebrate Christmas.
(b) Because of the power plant accident and the Trents never do.
(c) Because they think it's gotten too commercialized.
(d) Because they have no money.

9. Who enters the kitchen as Gran and Nyle are talking?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Ripley.
(c) Caleb.
(d) Muncie.

10. How does the back bedroom look now?
(a) Like a woodworking shop.
(b) Less like an infirmary and more like a healthy teenage boy's room.
(c) The same as always.
(d) Like a library.

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

12. What do Gran, Miriam, Ezra and Nyle decide to do?
(a) Attend a concert at the school.
(b) Play monopoly.
(c) Go to the movies.
(d) Go out to eat.

13. How does Mr. Perry reassure Nyle?
(a) By saying that what though what her family is doing is illegal, it is noble.
(b) By saying that he will be discreet.
(c) By telling her that he is sure she can win the scholarship.
(d) By telling her that she will write a fine speech.

14. Where does Gran take the Trents to see about some government assistance?
(a) Boston.
(b) Montpelier.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Cookshire.

15. What does Ezra keep with him though he no longer needs it?
(a) A cane.
(b) A small detector.
(c) An inhaler.
(d) His mask.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nyle do when the two arrive at school?

2. What does Ezra decide about his life?

3. What does Nyle teach Ezra?

4. Why does Ezra command Nyle to close the curtain?

5. What does Gran and Nyle deliver to Aunt May and Uncle Lemmy?

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