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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 best encapsulates Colonel Macklin's mantra?
(a) Strength and wisdom.
(b) Endurance and sagacity.
(c) Discipline and control.
(d) Speed and deceit.

2. What is Sister Creep's "magic place"?
(a) A glass shop.
(b) An antique store.
(c) A subway station.
(d) An abandoned theater.

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

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

5. Doyle believes that Sister's group is being affected by what?
(a) A hoax.
(b) Excessive faith.
(c) Hysteria.
(d) Mass hypnosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Swan describes her sensation of creatures and plants "hurting" as _______.

2. Sister's group passes through what tunnel as they flee Manhattan?

3. What does Doyle Halland emerge from to find and join SIster's group?

4. After her dream, Sister Creep wakes to realize that what threat is coming towards her?

5. What does Sister Creep hope to find in the Empire State Theatre?

Short Essay Questions

1. What connections are drawn between Doyle Halland and wolves in this section?

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

3. What does Roland do for Colonel Macklin?

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

5. Why does Sister decide to continue to Kansas?

6. Describe the problem that occurs at Earth House just after the nuclear attacks begin.

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

8. Why does Sister "Creep" get into a fight in Chapter 2?

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

10. What happens to Roland's parents during the fighting in Earth House?

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