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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the sound Lisa rigs up to be an alarm in case of intruders?
(a) The blowing of a trumped.
(b) A dog howling.
(c) A car horn blowing.
(d) Tin cans falling.

2. What does Lisa say the kids can use as a way of summoning help if there's a problem while they're patrolling?
(a) A scream.
(b) A car horn.
(c) A gun.
(d) A trumpet.

3. What color is Lisa's hair?
(a) Red.
(b) Blond.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

4. What is the alarm sound for the Harris house?
(a) A hammer beating a barrel.
(b) A duck call.
(c) An old bell.
(d) A tuba.

5. Where does Lisa find the note from the farmer?
(a) Taped to the back door.
(b) In the cookie jar.
(c) On the table.
(d) In the seat of the truck.

6. What is the alarm sound for Craig's house?
(a) A shot from a gun.
(b) A firecracker.
(c) A whistle.
(d) A cowbell.

7. What does Lisa say would be the signal if the gangs attacked her house?
(a) Lisa blowing the car horn.
(b) Todd blowing his trumpet.
(c) A bunch of bottles falling.
(d) Lisa and Todd screaming for help.

8. Where does Lisa tell the children to go for a campfire after she sends Tom Logan away?
(a) The old school.
(b) Craig's house.
(c) Lake Ellyn.
(d) The Jewel warehouse.

9. What does Jill say when Lisa demands that her children help patrol Grand Avenue to protect against attacks?
(a) That she'll take their turns.
(b) That the little kids would be too scared.
(c) That most of the kids are too sick.
(d) That the little kids won't do it.

10. What does Todd have in his pocket when he returns from digging worms?
(a) Worms.
(b) Fishing line.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A candy bar.

11. What is the task assigned to Julie and her family?
(a) Cooking lunch every day.
(b) Finding ways to keep the youngest children occupied.
(c) Filling bottles with gas for bombs.
(d) Training the watch dogs.

12. Why does Lisa say that she and Todd won't take over the farm?
(a) They love their home.
(b) They hate animals.
(c) They don't know how to farm.
(d) They are too lazy to work so hard.

13. What does Lisa realize she must do in order to keep the food they find safe from other children wanting to steal them?
(a) Hide them in places other kids won't look.
(b) Keep only spinach in the house so others won't want them.
(c) Make them look like they are ruined.
(d) Keep only enough food for one day at a time.

14. Where do they decide to hide the food they take from the warehouse?
(a) In six separate locations.
(b) Half at Lisa's house and half at Craig's house.
(c) They decide not to move it at all.
(d) In an old school building.

15. What is Craig's response when Lisa says she wants to get things like hospitals, jets and schools working again?
(a) That she's a dreamer.
(b) That they have to learn from reading books.
(c) That he wants to help.
(d) That they need someone to teach them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of seeds does Lisa pull from her bag during the meeting?

2. What is written on the outside of the sealed letter Lisa finds on a desk?

3. Why does Lisa drive to the back of the building rather than stopping out front?

4. What is the sign in front of Jill's house?

5. Who are the main characters in the story Lisa tells Todd before they go to sleep in chapter two?

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