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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What surprises Nyle when she goes to give Ezra a lesson on sheep farming?
(a) He has a present for her.
(b) He is looking out the window.
(c) He is upright leaning on canes.
(d) Ezra is at a table working a jigsaw puzzle.

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

4. What does Nyla do with her mask after talking with Gran?
(a) She burns it.
(b) She hang it on a hook in the kitchen as a symbol of remembrance.
(c) She rips it into tiny pieces.
(d) She says she is going to keep wearing it for a few more days.

5. What is unusual about Nyle's house that makes her stop?
(a) The chimney has smoke coming out of it.
(b) The front door is ajar.
(c) There are no lights on.
(d) The back bedroom's curtain is closed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nyle show Mrs. Trent the book about a boy in a train station?

2. Who eventually comes out to greet Nyle?

3. What brings up the topic of the nuclear accident?

4. Who is Tyrus?

5. Who is with Nyle when she sees a sheep lying still?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Nyle and Muncie's encounter with Ripley and what you think the encounter may foreshadow.

2. Would you have responded the same way as Nyle when Muncie asks her what is going on at Nyle's house?

3. What are the girls studying in their English class that is a major theme of this book?

4. What is evidence of Ezra's continue improvement?

5. How do you think the theme of determination plays out in this chapter?

6. The issue of a drawn curtain occurs in this chapter, in previous chapters, and in future chapters. How does this issue come up in this chapter and venture a guess as to the significance of the incident.

7. What else occurs at the beginning of this chapter that gives Nyle a sense of unease?

8. How does the emotion of anger appear in this chapter?

9. What do you think Ezra means when he says he feels like a phoenix?

10. What does Nyle ask her Gran about sheep farming and what is Gran's response? Does Nyle's response surprise you?

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