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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. Where are Susan's parents?
(a) They are inside the house.
(b) They are in the hospital.
(c) They have disappeared.
(d) They are dead.

2. What standards is Tynsham being run under?
(a) Christian standards.
(b) Military standards.
(c) No standards.
(d) Worldly standards.

3. What does the young blind woman offer Bill at the end of Chapter Eight?
(a) Herself.
(b) Water.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

4. What does Bill load up on at the beginning of Chapter Nine?
(a) Women.
(b) Food.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Water.

5. How did Coker escape blindness?
(a) He was in the hospital.
(b) He was in jail.
(c) He was in bed.
(d) He was hiding out in a cellar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Coker explain is Bill's new job?

2. What does Bill notice about his hands?

3. What feeling does Bill have after his long first day searching for Josella?

4. Who finds Bill in Russell Square?

5. How does Bill suggest they begin to search for Josella in the Downs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain what Bill finds at Tynsham.

4. Describe how Bill finds Josella.

5. How does Coker view Miss Durrant, and what does he believe she will do with Tynsham?

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

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

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

9. Explain what Coker wants of the new sighted captives.

10. Describe how Coker came to remain sighted.

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