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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Joe Darley?
(a) A man who hunts mutants.
(b) A man the inspector hires to make quiet inquiries.
(c) A man who communicates telepathically with Petra.
(d) A man from the Fringes.

2. According to David, Petra is communicating with someone from which land while they are on the run?
(a) Kentak.
(b) Newf.
(c) Sealand.
(d) The Badlands.

3. As the runaways move deeper into Wild Country, what decision are David and Rosalind unable to make without Michael’s guidance?
(a) Whether or not to get rid of the great-horses.
(b) Whether or not to turn back.
(c) Whether or not to fight the search party.
(d) Whether or not to change direction.

4. Who does Anne decide to marry?
(a) Walter Brent.
(b) Alan Ervin.
(c) Angus Morton.
(d) The inspector’s son.

5. When David and Petra meet up with Rosalind after fleeing their home, what does Rosalind have with her?
(a) Her neighbor’s wagon.
(b) The inspector’s seal.
(c) Her father’s great-horses.
(d) The blacksmith’s anvil.

6. Who are the telepathic sisters David communicates with?
(a) Anne and Sally.
(b) Katherine and Rachel.
(c) Sally and Katherine.
(d) Anne and Rachel.

7. What are the names of the two telepathic boys David communicates with?
(a) Michael and Mark.
(b) Matthew and Mason.
(c) Marlon and Mack.
(d) Mark and Martin.

8. After several days of travel, what signals to David that he has entered Wild Country?
(a) He sees miniature trees no taller than his ankle.
(b) He sees what looked like a dinosaur.
(c) He sees grass that grew to a monstrous height.
(d) He sees a strange creature that defied classification.

9. After fleeing Waknuk, Rosalind now believes thought-shapes only do what?
(a) Bring trouble.
(b) Create empathy.
(c) Make peace.
(d) Aid communication.

10. Michael informs the runaways that they have been officially proclaimed what?
(a) Non-human.
(b) Runaways.
(c) Norms.
(d) Abducted children.

11. What attacks Petra’s pony when she is alone?
(a) A bear.
(b) A great bird.
(c) A wild cat.
(d) A Fringes child.

12. What makes the great-horses gallop out of control as the runaways near the forest?
(a) A wild cat attacks them.
(b) Petra begin to scream.
(c) A gunshot whistles past them.
(d) A man jumps out of the bushes.

13. According to the woman from Sealand, who should be pitied?
(a) All afflicted with a deviation.
(b) Those who cannot make thought-shapes.
(c) The people of Waknuk.
(d) Those who cannot escape the Badlands.

14. When David locates the source of the emergency beacon, what does he find?
(a) Petra nearly drowning.
(b) Katherine being hunted by a patrol.
(c) Rosalind trapped in a burning house.
(d) Anne being attacked by a wild boar.

15. Who is Jerome Skinner?
(a) A man searching for an escaped mutant.
(b) A traveler coming from Newf.
(c) A man fleeing Waknuk for having a deviation.
(d) A man who lives near the woods and sees Sally and Katherine running.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two forbidden things does Petra do at the beginning of Chapter 11?

2. How long is Anne married before the marriage ends?

3. Rosalind informs David that who helped her prepare to flee?

4. Shortly after Petra’s birth, who comes to visit?

5. What has changed between David and Rosalind?

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