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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 does Doyle Halland emerge from to find and join SIster's group?
(a) A burned-out church.
(b) A wrecked truck.
(c) A ruined school.
(d) A barn.

2. What member of Sister's group gives up hope and cannot cross through the tunnel with the others?
(a) The Spanish woman.
(b) Beth.
(c) Jack.
(d) Artie.

3. What does Josh find that has begun to grow where Swan has been sleeping?
(a) Grass.
(b) Shoots of corn.
(c) Mold.
(d) Mushrooms.

4. In order to escape from the destruction, the President boards a plane with what code name?
(a) Marine One.
(b) Strategic Air Central.
(c) Airborne Command.
(d) Airforce One.

5. What do Josh and Swan discover that they believe might lead them to the surface?
(a) A gopher hole.
(b) A drainage hole.
(c) A water pipe.
(d) A fissure in the earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Josh's opponent become injured during their match in Chapter 3?

2. What does Macklin do with the survivors who have keloids?

3. What injury has Josh sustained during the initial nuclear attacks?

4. At the end of Chapter 2, where does Sister Creep decide to hide?

5. At the beginning of the novel, the United States and what other nation are gearing up for nuclear war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "the man who likes movies" want when he is at the Empire State Theatre, and how does he get it?

2. How does Sister Creep react to seeing the Spanish woman's dead child?

3. What does Roland do for Colonel Macklin?

4. What disagreement does Colonel Macklin have with the builders of Earth House?

5. What is the state of the survivors in PawPaw's shelter at the end of Chapter 17?

6. Describe the game that Alvin and his followers force Josh to play.

7. What are Macklin's first actions as the new ruler of the Salt Lake settlement?

8. Describe Sister Creep's reaction when she emerges from the subway tunnels.

9. What decision does Josh make while he and the others are sleeping in the barn, and what is its significance?

10. What new power does Swan exhibit for the first time while Josh digs out from PawPaw's shelter?

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