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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. 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.

2. What does a man do in Sister Creep's dream?
(a) He gives her something precious.
(b) He ignores her.
(c) He makes a promise to her.
(d) He takes something from her.

3. The President's council advises him to set the Defcon status to what level when United States borders are threatened?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Zero.

4. What happens immediately after Swan senses danger?
(a) There is an explosion inside the building.
(b) A distant nuclear blast shatters the windows.
(c) Missiles shoot out from the cornfields.
(d) Bombs begin landing around the building.

5. Sister's group passes through what tunnel as they flee Manhattan?
(a) The Clark Street tunnel.
(b) The Holland tunnel.
(c) The Lincoln tunnel.
(d) The Steinway tunnel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sister Creep leave behind as she runs through Manhattan after emerging from the subway tunnels?

2. What destroys the President's plane?

3. Why does Macklin go to the lake after he, Roland, and Sheila move into the settlement?

4. What does Colonel Macklin believe about the Earth House?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the dream that Sister Creep has when she is hiding in the unused subway tunnels.

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

9. What inner struggle does Macklin go through after he and the others move into the Salt Lake settlement?

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

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