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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. In Part IX: “A Flower to the Rain,” Chapter 71, Evan tells Cassie, “Wright-Patterson isn’t a prison camp, Cassie.” What does he say it is instead?
(a) “An infested wasteland.”
(b) “A death trap.”
(c) “A refugee camp.”
(d) “A bomb shelter.”

2. What is described as “Step Four” of Zombie’s escape attempt in Part X: “A Thousand Ways,” Chapter 78?
(a) “The gun.”
(b) “The Silencer.”
(c) “Kill Nugget.”
(d) “The tracker.”

3. What color do the infected humans supposedly glow through the special eyewear that Zombie’s squad wears in Part VIII: “The Spirit of Vengeance”?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

4. Kistner tells the narrator in Part X: “A Thousand Ways,” Chapter 78 that they’ve gone to what threat level?
(a) Code Yellow.
(b) Code Green.
(c) Code Red.
(d) Code Blue.

5. Who threatens to mutiny because he feels Zombie is a poor leader in Part VIII: “The Spirit of Vengeance”?
(a) Dumbo.
(b) Flintstone.
(c) Ringer.
(d) Oompa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Colonel Vosch tells Cassie in Part XIII: “The Black Hole,” Chapter 85, “During the initial phase, when we were inserting ourselves into you, we often used the screen memory of” what “to hide the fact from the expectant mother”?

2. 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?

3. Evan takes the Luger from Cassie and places it on what book in Part VII: “The Heart to Kill,” Chapter 55?

4. Sammy tells Cassie in Part XIII: “The Black Hole,” Chapter 83 that who says they’re going to escape on a big plane?

5. What landing does the narrator in Part XII: “Because of Kistner” say he/she hit when “the concussion of the blast slams into my back like a wrecking ball”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Evan explain his relationship to the Others in Part IX: “A Flower to the Rain”?

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

6. What theme dominates Part VII: “The Heart to Kill” How is this theme illustrated?

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

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

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

10. What obstacles are faced by the narrator in the course of Part X: “A Thousand Ways”?

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