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

2. What does Beth dream of when she uses the glass ring?
(a) Food and safety.
(b) Drinking water.
(c) Flying.
(d) Swimming.

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

4. What does Sister Creep hope to find in the Empire State Theatre?
(a) Food.
(b) Shelter.
(c) Answers.
(d) Other survivors.

5. What state do Sister and Artie go to after fleeing from Doyle?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Kentucky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Artie dream of when he uses the glass ring?

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

3. Where do Roland, Macklin, and Teddybear Warner set up a perimeter within Earth House?

4. What does Leona do to buy more time for Josh and Swan?

5. Rusty Weathers belonged to what kind of an organization?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sister decide to continue to Kansas?

2. Describe the ritual that the survivors in Paul's cabin carry out every day.

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

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

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

6. What cards appear during the tarot reading that Leona performs for Swan, and what do the cards mean?

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

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

9. What is unusual about the fight that Josh engages in in Chapter 2?

10. What does Roland do for Colonel Macklin?

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