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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 described as having “very shiny and very straight black hair, but also has the flawless complexion of an airbrushed model, the kind you see on the covers of fashion magazines smiling arrogantly at you in the checkout line” in Part XIII: “The Black Hole,” Chapter 91?
(a) Teacup.
(b) Megan.
(c) Zombie.
(d) Ringer.

2. When Evan returns in Part VII: “The Heart to Kill,” Chapter 55, he tells Cassie he was stalking what animal, although he shot nothing?
(a) A deer.
(b) A goat.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A human.

3. What term do the soldiers use to refer to humans that are infected in Part VIII: “The Spirit of Vengeance”?
(a) Teds.
(b) Greenies.
(c) Fliers.
(d) Angels.

4. Who burned the library at Alexandria, according to Vosch in Part XIII: “The Black Hole,” Chapter 85?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) Judas Iscariot.
(c) Attila the Hun.
(d) Jesus Christ.

5. The narrator says in Part XIII: “The Black Hole,” Chapter 87, “That’s the flaw in Vosch’s master plan: If you don’t kill all of us all at once, those who remain will” what?
(a) “Hate you for it.”
(b) “Be ready to fight.”
(c) “Be the weakest.”
(d) “Not be the weak.”

Short Answer Questions

1. When Cassie finds the room full of kids in Part XI: “The Infinite Sea,” what are they described as wearing?

2. What does Evan admit to having done in Part IX: “A Flower to the Rain,” Chapter 68?

3. 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”?

4. Who has his arms around Cassie in the conclusion of Part XIII: “The Black Hole,” Chapter 91?

5. What kind of animal does Evan compare himself with in Part IX: “A Flower to the Rain,” Chapter 69?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Cassie progress in making her way into the compound in Part XI: “The Infinite Sea”?

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

7. Where is Zombie traveling in the opening of Part XII: “Because of Kistner,” Chapter 81?

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

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

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

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