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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What catastrophe occurs immediately following the birth?
(a) Miriam drops the baby.
(b) A snake slithers into the shed.
(c) Julian loses a large amount of blood.
(d) Theo spills the only water.

2. Who does Theo rely on to untie the couple?
(a) Their daughter.
(b) He will phone the police in the morning himself.
(c) He left a note to their neighbor.
(d) Their maid.

3. What frightens Theo and the women as they walk to find the woodshed?
(a) A bear.
(b) A person standing at the lake.
(c) A helicopter.
(d) Fresh footprints.

4. What is Theo's concern in Chapter 25?
(a) Julian will have the baby early.
(b) They are likely to be seen if separated.
(c) The car will get stolen.
(d) They will run out of food.

5. How does Julian respond to the news of the SSP?
(a) She suggests that Theo leave town.
(b) She is not concerned.
(c) She says they have been to her, too.
(d) She is concerned they are being watched.

6. What are Julian and Luke doing alone in the morning in Chapter 25?
(a) Painting.
(b) Preparing a meal.
(c) Praying.
(d) Singing.

7. What does Woolvington do in the woodshed?
(a) Hugs Theo.
(b) Tries to take the baby from Julian's grasp.
(c) Cries.
(d) Stands at Julian's head, on guard.

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

9. What does Theo put in his pocket in Chapter 22?
(a) Prescription pills.
(b) Money he stole.
(c) A kinfe.
(d) A gun.

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

11. Why is Theo cold in the final paragraph of Chapter 21?
(a) He is pained watching Julian and Rolf together.
(b) He thinks there's something he is not being told.
(c) He find's Luke piousness unreasonable.
(d) He is annoyed that Xan is threatening him.

12. What does Theo take from Xan after he shoots him?
(a) The Coronation Ring.
(b) Theo's pocket watch that Xan stole as a child.
(c) His gun.
(d) His wallet.

13. What job is Theo given as Miriam still prepares for the baby's delivery?
(a) Fill buckets of water from the lake.
(b) Read from Luke's prayer book.
(c) Hunt for food.
(d) Build a fire.

14. What is wrong with Luke's body initially upon placing it on the ground?
(a) His face was covered in mud.
(b) He was face down.
(c) He had the map somewhere on his person.
(d) His eyelids swung open.

15. What language does Theo find a note in?
(a) Latin.
(b) Greek.
(c) French.
(d) Hebrew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rolf compare Xan to while discussing religion with Theo?

2. How does Theo think of London as he contemplates his next move after the robbery?

3. When does Theo say in his journal that they will leave the place he is writing because of the flat tire?

4. What does Theo confess to the old couple as he ties them up?

5. What does Rolf not do at the end of Chapter 24 that Theo expects?

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