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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lisa tell the children she will give them if they can also find the keys to their parents' cars?
(a) Candy.
(b) An extra serving of food at dinner time.
(c) A party.
(d) Another toy.

2. How many of the children cry the night after Lisa sends them all to "earn" their new toys?
(a) Almost all of them.
(b) Only one.
(c) Three or four.
(d) None.

3. Why does Charlie say he had to temporarily stop training the dogs?
(a) His footprints would have led the enemy to the school.
(b) The dogs have all run away.
(c) He's been too busy helping with other jobs.
(d) He doesn't have winter clothing for the cold temperatures.

4. Who shoots Lisa?
(a) Tom Logan.
(b) One of Tom Logan's soldiers.
(c) Craig.
(d) One of the sentries who is aiming at Tom Logan.

5. Where does Lisa stand to address the soldiers who gather with her?
(a) The bed of a pickup.
(b) The roof of a jeep.
(c) The porch of a house.
(d) The road.

6. Which of the following is one of the reasons Jill says there should be more kids at Glenbard?
(a) There would be more people for her to practice first aid on.
(b) There would be more people to help build a new government.
(c) There would be more friends.
(d) There would be fewer children facing starvation outside.

7. What is Jill's response to this child's question?
(a) We need to make decorations.
(b) We will when we get swimsuits.
(c) We will in the spring.
(d) We need to find some eggs.

8. What is the wild idea Charlie has about dogs?
(a) To train them to pull wagons.
(b) To train them to get supplies.
(c) To have them as pets to make the little kids feel safer.
(d) To train them to attack.

9. What do the other kids call the room where Lisa spends most of her time?
(a) The dungeon.
(b) The war room.
(c) The chamber.
(d) Off limits.

10. What does Lisa do with the gun?
(a) Grabs it.
(b) Shoots into the air.
(c) Nothing at first.
(d) Knocks it onto the floor.

11. What's the weather like on May 23?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Warm .
(c) Cold.
(d) Stormy.

12. What is Charlie's new job in the city?
(a) He's in charge of the militia.
(b) He's in charge of the kitchen.
(c) He's teaching the children about farming.
(d) He's figuring out how to make the lights work.

13. Who volunteers to be Jill's assistant as she tries to remove the bullet?
(a) Erika.
(b) Craig.
(c) No one.
(d) Todd.

14. What does Tom answer when Lisa asks why he feels the need to steal what others worked for?
(a) He says he isn't smart enough to find things for himself.
(b) He says it's easier than working for himself.
(c) He doesn't say anything.
(d) He says he's afraid.

15. What does Erika plan to do to get word to Jill and Craig about Lisa?
(a) Sneak past Tom Logan's soldiers.
(b) Pretend to be sick.
(c) Pretend she had a nightmare.
(d) Leave them a note.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie say when Lisa accuses him of telling the other children in the city she was alive?

2. What does Lisa say the children need in order to be able to defend their homes?

3. How does Craig say the windows of the lower floors can be made secure?

4. Where does Lisa plan to get the toys she's promised the children?

5. Who does Lisa say can get the toys?

(see the answer keys)

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