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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Todd and Lisa's signs warn trespassers will happen?
(a) They'll be shot.
(b) They'll be killed.
(c) They'll be slaughtered.
(d) They'll be stabbed.

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

4. What is the alarm sound for Jill's house?
(a) A flute.
(b) A car horn.
(c) A drum.
(d) A bicycle horn.

5. What does Lisa tell the children they are going to do the morning after Todd stops the Chidester gang's attack?
(a) Rebuild their defense systems.
(b) Practice shooting.
(c) Look for another place to live.
(d) Have a holiday.

6. In Lisa's story, what is the idea the little boy has to make their lives better?
(a) To gather all the children into a single building.
(b) To reopen the candle factory.
(c) To move away.
(d) To smile at everyone they meet.

7. Why does Lisa drive to the back of the building rather than stopping out front?
(a) She can't find a safe place to park.
(b) She wants to make it easier to load supplies.
(c) She can't find the road to the front of the building.
(d) She doesn't want to give the gangs the idea of searching the warehouse.

8. How old is Lisa?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

9. Where do the children plan to get guns and ammunition for their home defense plan?
(a) Where ever they can find them.
(b) From a military depot a few miles from town.
(c) The police department.
(d) Their fathers' gun safes.

10. One of the suggestions is to have Tom Logan's gang fight off the Chidester Gang. How is it suggested that they get Tom Logan on their side?
(a) By promising to take him with them when they leave town.
(b) By joining his gang.
(c) By giving his gang food.
(d) By giving him money.

11. Where does Lisa get a drink after she eats her candy bar?
(a) A jar she has with her.
(b) A bottle of soda from a service station.
(c) A faucet.
(d) A stream by the road.

12. What kind of seeds does Lisa pull from her bag during the meeting?
(a) Lettuce.
(b) Carrot.
(c) Broccoli.
(d) Tomato.

13. How fast do Craig and Lisa drive on their way home from the warehouse that first night?
(a) Sixty miles an hour.
(b) Almost eighty miles an hour.
(c) About twenty miles an hour.
(d) No more than ten miles an hour.

14. What did Lisa put in her pocket on the day she and Todd had found the store almost empty of food?
(a) Unpopped popcorn.
(b) Sodas.
(c) Candy canes.
(d) Candy bars.

15. What does Charlie say they should do?
(a) Leave town.
(b) Start farming.
(c) Hide
(d) Form a gang of their own.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do they decide to hide the food they take from the warehouse?

2. What street is Lisa's house on?

3. What is Craig's response when Lisa says she wants to get things like hospitals, jets and schools working again?

4. What does Jill say when Lisa demands that her children help patrol Grand Avenue to protect against attacks?

5. What does Lisa say she had been doing a few weeks ago?

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