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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Theo expect Miriam to ask him as he leaves her for the village?
(a) Where they should hide.
(b) How she should be expected to deliver the baby now.
(c) How would he get a car?
(d) How long he will be gone.

2. Why doesn't Theo rob the first houses he sees?
(a) He is sure they are heavily guarded.
(b) He has an instinct to go further into the town.
(c) Too many neighbors.
(d) The neighborhood is very well-lit.

3. Who says this quote in Chapter 29: "He has thought; now he's gone."?
(a) Theo.
(b) Julian.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Miriam.

4. How is Chapter 26 written?
(a) Through the perspective of Julian.
(b) An an entry of Theo's diary.
(c) Through the perspective of Rolf.
(d) The third person.

5. Why do Theo and the Five Fishes end up spending the night where the car got a flat tire?
(a) The flashlight goes out.
(b) No one can walk for gas until the morning.
(c) Julian is too tired to continue.
(d) They hear on the radio about all the police patrolling the roads.

6. When does Theo say in his journal that they will leave the place he is writing because of the flat tire?
(a) They will stay through the delivery of the baby.
(b) In one hour.
(c) The next morning.
(d) In two days.

7. How is his home when Theo returns from his travels?
(a) Eerily different.
(b) Unkept, filled with sour air.
(c) Dutifully tended to by his maid, Mrs. Kavanagh.
(d) Ransacked by the SSP.

8. What disease does Luke suffer as a child?
(a) Depression.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Leukemia.

9. What is Julian concerned of as she watches the final placement of Luke's body?
(a) Luke hadn't confessed his sins.
(b) The SSP will find the body and be on their trail.
(c) She thought Rolf should be left in the consecrated ground.
(d) Animals will get to his body if not buried deep enough.

10. What does Theo silently suggest Julian's baby should be?
(a) Deaf.
(b) Grossly deformed.
(c) A demon.
(d) Beautiful in every way.

11. What does Theo say that he will do with the diary entry that is Chapter 19?
(a) He will use it as compost.
(b) He will tear it out.
(c) It was the most therapeutic of any other.
(d) He will save it for Julian to read one day.

12. What is Theo doing when there is a knock at the door in the second chapter of Book 2?
(a) Cleaning.
(b) Reading.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Sleeping.

13. What do Theo and Julian feed one another in the woodshed?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Beans.
(d) Bread.

14. Who does Rolf compare Xan to while discussing religion with Theo?
(a) Hitler.
(b) The Devil.
(c) Theo.
(d) Alexander the Great.

15. Where does Theo see Julian in Chapter 19?
(a) Church.
(b) The market.
(c) The doctor's office.
(d) A coffee shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drives the car at the end of Chapter 23?

2. How does Theo approach Julian when he sees her for the first time since the SSP came to his home?

3. As Miriam lodges concern over the speed of the car in Chapter 24, how is Julian behaving?

4. Who does Theo imagine Rolf will go to first after he deserts his wife?

5. Who are Theo and the Five Fishes greeted by after they stop the car due to a downed tree?

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