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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Alex returns to school in Chapter 3, where are students to report?

2. In Chapter 7, what does Alex hope will be in the bags of food that are distributed?

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

4. Where is Greg Dunlap going to go?

5. How many girls are being asked to stay indefinitely at a convent in upstate New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are there no convents that can take Julie?

2. Why does Bri think her mother hasn't called?

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

4. Why is Alex's father gone at the time the novel opens?

5. What does Alex see when he approaches his apartment after work on May 18?

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

7. Where do Alex and Julie get food to replace their dwindling supplies?

8. Describe Alex's new headmaster.

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

10. Why does Father Franco tell his parishioners to boil their drinking water and wear insect repellent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapters 15-16, their is a feeling of dread mixed with the hope that Alex feels as he counts down the days to the convoy. Discuss the overall mood of "The Dead and the Gone".

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 14, Alex feels like an outsider in New York for the first time in his life, although he has felt like an outsider other places. Discuss where and why Alex has felt like an outsider.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 7, Alex and Julie go to their first food distribution. Discuss the food distribution and whether it solves or creates problems.

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