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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 happens to the part of the glass ring that Doyle touches?
(a) It bursts into blue flame.
(b) It turns dark.
(c) It shatters.
(d) It burns him.

2. When he comes to his senses, Colonel Macklin realizes he is trapped where?
(a) In the locked-down command room.
(b) Beneath a collapsed tunnel.
(c) At the bottom of a pit.
(d) In an empty water main.

3. Where does Sister Creep believe she is when she comes to her senses after the nuclear attack?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Hell.
(c) Purgatory.
(d) Jerusalem.

4. 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?
(a) 25.
(b) 10.
(c) 65.
(d) 90.

5. From what does Paul Thorson save Sister and Artie?
(a) A blizzard.
(b) A bear.
(c) A pack of wolves.
(d) A hostile gang.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order to escape from the destruction, the President boards a plane with what code name?

2. Alvin and his followers force Josh to play a game called _________.

3. What resource do Roland and Macklin want to retrieve from Earth House after it collapses?

4. What was Josh Hutchins' former profession?

5. What destroys the President's plane?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What special powers does the glass ring exhibit as Sister and her group begin to use it?

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

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

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