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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. How much does the customer pay that Alex is helping at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) $15.94.
(b) $322.77.
(c) $32.77.
(d) $49.11.

2. At school, who refuses to pick up a piece of paper when Alex asks that it be picked up?
(a) Rob.
(b) Kenny.
(c) Chris.
(d) Danny.

3. Where do Alex and Julie have to get in line for their first food distribution?
(a) 83rd and Amsterdam.
(b) 84th and Amsterdam.
(c) 81st and Columbus.
(d) 82nd and Columbus.

4. What do Alex and his sisters have for supper on June 3?
(a) Spaghetti and red clam sauce.
(b) Macaroni and cheese.
(c) Spinach and pears.
(d) Beans and rice.

5. Where does Alex want to go to college?
(a) Brown.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Georgetown.
(d) Yale.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many priests are missing when Alex first returns to school?

2. Where is Alex's father when the moon is hit?

3. By the time Briana is invited to live in a convent, how much food do she and her siblings have left?

4. In Chapter 5, which apartment has a leaking bathroom sink?

5. On what day does Alex's life change forever?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Chris give Alex his father's business card?

2. Where is Uncle Jimmy and his family going and why?

3. Describe Alex's new headmaster.

4. Why doesn't Alex set with his friends when he goes to the chapel in Chapter 3?

5. What are two reasons why the sky might be gray and the air taste funny?

6. What did Uncle Jimmy say happened to cause the emergency?

7. Who is the new headmaster for Alex's school after the disaster?

8. Why is it so important for Alex and Julie to get to Morse before eight?

9. Why does Greg Dunlap give Alex the keys to his apartment and to his neighbors' apartment?

10. Why does a tenant call Alex's apartment in Chapter 5?

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