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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 is Josh worried about when he and the others discover they are trapped in the shelter?
(a) They have no water.
(b) They will run out of food.
(c) They will run out of air.
(d) PawPaw is going insane and may be dangerous.

2. As he lies trapped, Colonel Macklin has a flashback to his time in what place?
(a) Korea.
(b) Gambia.
(c) Kosovo.
(d) Vietnam.

3. After her dream, Sister Creep wakes to realize that what threat is coming towards her?
(a) A fireball.
(b) A train.
(c) The police.
(d) A gang.

4. What type of events does Leona seem to predict?
(a) Changes in the weather.
(b) Births.
(c) Disasters.
(d) Deaths.

5. Where does Sister Creep find the glass ring?
(a) In her bag.
(b) In the ruins of the Empire State Theatre.
(c) At her feet when she wakes.
(d) At the destroyed jewelry shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 6 opens in a theater named ______________.

2. What does Roland realize will be the best source of power for himself and Macklin?

3. Roland and Macklin ambush Sheila Fontana just outside a settlement located in __________.

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

5. Whom does Josh Hutchins fight in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Roland, Macklin, and Sheila acquire a place to stay in the Salt Lake settlement?

2. How do Roland, Macklin, and Warner plan to gain access to Earth House's emergency stores? How successful is their plan?

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

4. What does Doyle do to the members of Sister's group and why?

5. What is the strategy of the United States to prevent further advances by the USSR?

6. What does Roland do during his family's initial visit to Earth House that demonstrates that he is reckless and insensitive?

7. What major events does Sister "Creep" believe will happen very soon?

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

9. What happens to the leadership of the American government shortly after the nuclear attacks begin?

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

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