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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. Who is hit through the side by a huge piece of shrapnel when Zombie throws the grenade in Part VIII: “The Spirit of Vengeance”?
(a) Ringer.
(b) Oompa.
(c) Flintstone.
(d) Dumbo.

2. What does Cassie change out of when she’s in the armory in Part XI: “The Infinite Sea”?
(a) A blue jumpsuit.
(b) A green jumpsuit.
(c) A white jumpsuit.
(d) A red jumpsuit.

3. How does Evan say Lauren killed herself in Part VII: “The Heart to Kill,” Chapter 53?
(a) She jumped into a river.
(b) She hung herself.
(c) She jumped off a skyscraper.
(d) She shot herself.

4. Who is described by Cassie as “the girl who died in [Evan’s] arms and whose clothes I’ve taken” in Part VII: “The Heart to Kill,” Chapter 54?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Misty.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Val.

5. For how many years does Colonel Vosch say his species has been watching humanity in Part XIII: “The Black Hole,” Chapter 85?
(a) 700.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 6,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term do the soldiers use to refer to humans that are infected in Part VIII: “The Spirit of Vengeance”?

2. Who is the sniper that is shooting at Zombie’s squad in Part VIII: “The Spirit of Vengeance”?

3. What is Cassie’s response when Evan asks her in the opening of Part VII: “The Heart to Kill,” Chapter 55, “What are you doing out here?”

4. Evan and Cassie decide to take a dirt road that leads to what highway, which they’ll then follow to Wright-Patterson in Part IX: “A Flower to the Rain,” Chapter 67?

5. Who is the person that the narrator hears screaming during the explosions in Part XII: “Because of Kistner”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What discovery does Ringer and Zombie make on the battlefield in Part VIII: “The Spirit of Vengeance”?

2. How is Squad 53’s arrival on the battlefield described in Part VIII: “The Spirit of Vengeance”?

3. What choice is Cassie given in order to save Sammy in Part XIII: “The Black Hole”?

4. Who narrates Part X: “A Thousand Ways”? What is the setting that opens this section of the novel?

5. How does the relationship between Evan and Cassie progress in Part VII: “The Heart to Kill”?

6. What does Cassie find in the barn at Evan’s farm in Part VII: “The Heart to Kill”? How does she react?

7. What aspect of Evan’s physicality causes Cassie to doubt his intentions in Part VII: “The Heart to Kill”?

8. How does Cassie go about infiltrating Camp Haven in Part IX: “A Flower to the Rain”?

9. How does the author effectively build tension in the narrative in Part XII: “Because of Kistner”?

10. How do the protagonists of the novel escape in the ending of Part XIII: “The Black Hole”?

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