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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. Why does Lisa take a wicker basket with her?
(a) To carry tools in.
(b) In case she finds a chicken.
(c) To carry clothes in.
(d) To sleep in if she has to spend the night away.

2. What does Lisa think she might be able to find if she rides north from her house to farms?
(a) Some adults.
(b) A live chicken for eggs.
(c) More children .
(d) A cow for milk.

3. What is the problem Lisa discovers with the car when she goes outside the following morning?
(a) All the windows are broken out.
(b) It's gone.
(c) The tires are flat.
(d) It's been burned.

4. What is the deal Tom Logan offers Lisa?
(a) That he'll join her gang if she'll give him food.
(b) That he won't burn her house if she'll share her food.
(c) That he won't attack them if she'll tell him where she's getting food.
(d) That his gang will protect her in exchange for food.

5. Where do Lisa and Todd go to spend the night after returning home from the warehouse?
(a) The warehouse.
(b) Craig's house.
(c) Home.
(d) Jill's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lisa think when she notices the clock at midnight?

2. What is the name of the grocery store Lisa finds listed in the telephone book?

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

4. What kind of crops are growing in the fields of the first farm where Lisa stops?

5. What color is Lisa's hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what the children do during their holiday?

2. What are the situations Lisa finds at Jill's house and at Craig's house?

3. How do Lisa and Todd arrange an alarm system to alert them to intruders?

4. Describe the party Lisa and the other children have at Lake Ellyn.

5. What is the plan Lisa presents the other children for the creation of a militia?

6. How is the Chidester gang chased off when the attack the neighborhood while Craig and Lisa are away?

7. What kind of training do the children dislike most and who is teaching them about this?

8. What are some of the suggestions the other children have as an alternative to forming a militia?

9. How does Todd decide to go fishing, how does he get ready to go and what's his attitude when he returns?

10. What is the plan Craig and Lisa come up with about storing the food?

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