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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 many people does Cassie say were at the camp, not counting the kids who left on the buses, in Part I: “The Last Historian,” Chapter 23?
(a) 75.
(b) 59.
(c) 42.
(d) 116.

2. In Part I: “The Last Historian,” Chapter 13, Cassie compares the plight of the survivors of the EPM attack as being like the Japanese survivors of what event?
(a) The nuclear disaster at Fukushima.
(b) The invasion of the Kahn Dynasty.
(c) The Civil War of 1519.
(d) The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

3. How deep does Cassie say the snow is on day two as she stays holed up in a vehicle during the blizzard in Part IV: “Mayfly,” Chapter 32?
(a) 1 foot deep.
(b) 10 feet deep.
(c) 3 feet deep.
(d) 6 inches deep.

4. Cassie is sitting next to whom on the cot when the drone reappears in Cassie’s flashback in Part I: “The Last Historian,” Chapter 15?
(a) Hutchfield.
(b) Oompa.
(c) Crisco.
(d) Ringer.

5. The young cadet called “Nugget” is actually what character in Part VI: “The Human Clay”?
(a) Evan.
(b) Sammy.
(c) Ben.
(d) Cassie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Zombie’s squad number in Part VI: “The Human Clay,” Chapter 43?

2. Where was Evan going to study engineering after graduating high school, according to the narrator in Part IV: “Mayfly,” Chapter 36?

3. At what age was the Silencer when the Other inside him awoke, according to the narrator in Part III: “Silencer”?

4. What gift does Cassie describe her father having given her on her twelfth birthday in Part I: “The Last Historian”?

5. What was Zombie’s name prior to the alien invasion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the first attacks by the Others described in Part I: “The Last Historian”?

2. Describe Sammy’s initial “processing” in Part V: “The Winnowing.” Where is he taken?

3. What does Zombie learn from his encounter with Chris in Part II: “Wonderland”?

4. How is Cassie’s father killed in Part I: “The Last Historian”?

5. What takes place when Sammy meets Dr. Pam in Part V: “The Winnowing”?

6. What kinds of literary allusions are seen in Parts I through III of The 5th Wave?

7. Where is Cassie Sullivan when she awakens in Part IV: “Mayfly,” Chapter 33? How is the setting described?

8. What does Cassie do after her father has been killed in Part I: “The Last Historian”?

9. How are the children divided after they exit the bus in Part V: “The Winnowing”?

10. What information does Cassie relate to Evan of her observations after the attack in Part IV: “Mayfly”?

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