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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 time does a cop begin telling people that the food is gone?
(a) 10:30 a.m.
(b) 11 a.m.
(c) 11:30 a.m.
(d) 10 a.m.
2. How long does a scientist who is being interviewed on television believe it will take for life to return to normal?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 4 years.
(c) Decades.
(d) Years.
3. What game does Alex offer to teach Julie to help pass the time?
(a) Chess.
(b) Checkers.
(c) Bridge.
(d) Mahjongg.
4. In what classroom are class officers to meet with the new headmaster?
(a) 37.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 25.
5. Where does Tony Loretto's mother believe that mandatory evacuations will occur by September?
(a) East of 74th St.
(b) East of 83rd St.
(c) South of 45th St.
(d) South of 34th St.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why do New Yorkers have to start boiling their water?
2. What time do Alex and Julie leave their apartment to go to their first food distribution?
3. From which apartment do Alex and Julie get Oreos and other food?
4. By the time Briana is invited to live in a convent, how much food do she and her siblings have left?
5. Where is Carlos stationed?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Kevin take vodka rather than food for the items he collects body shopping?
2. What are two reasons why the sky might be gray and the air taste funny?
3. Where do Alex and Julie get food to replace their dwindling supplies?
4. What does Alex learn about the situation in New York from the television news stations?
5. Describe Alex's new headmaster.
6. What advice does Sister Rita give Alex?
7. Why doesn't Alex set with his friends when he goes to the chapel in Chapter 3?
8. When Father Mulrooney tells Alex he can't have lunch because he hasn't done his work, why does Alex just leave?
9. What is a bigger problem than the earthquake on August 1?
10. Why does Alex tell his sisters that their parents are never coming back?
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