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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. What does Bill note about the sheep and cattle?
(a) They are restless.
(b) They are wandering.
(c) They are blind.
(d) They are sighted.

2. Why does Bill argue Coker would be better with Beadley group?
(a) He is too lazy.
(b) He is too religious.
(c) He is too driven.
(d) He is too smart.

3. Who finds Bill in Russell Square?
(a) Coker.
(b) Alf.
(c) Josella.
(d) Evan.

4. What does the redheaded leader of the other group do when he sights Bill?
(a) He says hello.
(b) He shoots at them.
(c) He follows them to their hotel.
(d) He swears at them.

5. Who does Dennis find in the village?
(a) No one.
(b) Joan.
(c) A small boy.
(d) A small girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill fear has happened to Josella?

2. What does Josella realize as she explains her escape from Russell Square, and the gunshot?

3. What does Bill learn Coker did at the University?

4. Why does Coker argue that the young woman mending in the kitchen is at fault?

5. Who does Bill find at the cottage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain some of the mishaps that befall Bill as he journey's to find Josella.

2. Describe how Bill first discovers the plague, its symptoms, and its result.

3. Explain how Coker describes himself, and his abilities.

4. Describe Shirning Farm.

5. Describe how Coker came to remain sighted.

6. Describe Miss Durrant's views, and her Tynsham community.

7. Describe the three people Bill and Coker meet in Beaminster.

8. Describe what occurs to the young woman at the end of Chapter Eight, and Bill's thoughts of her.

9. Describe what happens to Bill at the beginning of Chapter Eight, in terms of how he is kidnapped.

10. Explain Coker's argument about why the young woman at Tynsham is at fault for not getting the lights back on.

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