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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 surprises Bill when he hears Coker quote poetry?
(a) Coker is well spoken.
(b) Coker has a photographic memory.
(c) Coker has a Northern accent.
(d) Coker is uneducated.

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

3. Who does Bill not find at Tynsham?
(a) Coker.
(b) Willard.
(c) Josella.
(d) Jack.

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

5. Where does Bill search second for Josella?
(a) Tynsham.
(b) University Tower.
(c) Exmoor.
(d) Westminster.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill discover has happened at Tynsham?

2. What does Bill fear has happened to Josella?

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

4. What happened to Susan's friend?

5. What attacks the group in the provision store?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Coker's response to Miss Durrant's chastising of his brutal methods at University Tower?

3. Describe how Coker came to remain sighted.

4. Describe Bill's view of loneliness.

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

6. Explain Bill's argument that an immediate need for harvest is not necessary.

7. Why do you think the small groups located by helicopter in Chapter Twelve choose not to join other groups?

8. Explain why the young woman comes to Bill in his room in Chapter Eight, and his reaction.

9. Describe how Bill finds Josella.

10. Explain Josella's fears about her wedding.

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