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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Macklin's inner voice react to what he discovers when he is called away by Perimeter Control?
(a) It is indifferent.
(b) It is frightened.
(c) It gloats over his misfortune.
(d) It is excited.

2. Why does Sheila stay with Roland and Macklin?
(a) She has nowhere else to go.
(b) She is attracted to their power.
(c) It is the safest thing to do.
(d) They force her to stay.

3. What minor problem cascades into a major disaster at Earth House shortly after the nuclear attacks begin?
(a) A personnel shortage.
(b) A structural crack.
(c) A plumbing issue.
(d) An electrical short.

4. What does Swan see in the smoked mirror?
(a) The nuclear attacks.
(b) Halland and Sister holding the glass ring.
(c) A field of green crops.
(d) Josh dying to defend her.

5. How do Roland and Macklin plan to dig for the resource they want to retrieve from Earth House?
(a) By forcing the civilians to dig.
(b) By causing a second collapse.
(c) By ordering the soldiers to dig.
(d) By asking for volunteers to dig.

6. What does Macklin do with the survivors who have keloids?
(a) He quarantines them.
(b) He forces them out of the camp.
(c) He forces them into hard labor.
(d) He executes them.

7. What does Colonel Macklin do with the occupants of the RV who attempt to gain entrance to the shelter?
(a) He orders the RV destroyed.
(b) He denies them entrance.
(c) He lets them enter.
(d) He puts them under arrest.

8. In Sister Creep's dream what is the man wearing?
(a) A black hat.
(b) A brown duster.
(c) A white mask.
(d) A yellow raincoat.

9. Josh's final opponent in the game that Alvin's followers force him to play weilds what weapon?
(a) A lead pipe.
(b) A bat.
(c) An axe.
(d) A chainsaw.

10. According to the doctor at the Red Cross station in Homewood, about how many people (by percentage) have black scabs on their faces like Sister does?
(a) 25.
(b) 10.
(c) 65.
(d) 90.

11. What film is being shown at the opening of Chapter 6?
(a) Silencio.
(b) The Face of Death.
(c) The Seventh Seal.
(d) Kosovo Autumn.

12. Roland and Macklin barter with the Fat Man for a tent that formerly belonged to whom?
(a) A mad man.
(b) A widow.
(c) A family with a baby.
(d) A prostitute.

13. Sister Creep believes herself to be surrounded by _____________.
(a) Demons.
(b) Lunatics.
(c) Angels.
(d) Government agents.

14. What do Alvin's followers do to Josh?
(a) They brand him.
(b) They pour salt in his wounds.
(c) They break his arms.
(d) They paint a skull on his face.

15. At the beginning of the novel, the United States and what other nation are gearing up for nuclear war?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) North Korea.
(c) China.
(d) The USSR.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a man do in Sister Creep's dream?

2. Swan's mother has a dream about what shortly before dying?

3. Whom does Josh Hutchins fight in Chapter 3?

4. Where does Swan live?

5. What unusual sight does Swan witness while her mother is fighting with "Uncle" Tommy?

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