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

2. What does Lisa realize will be a constant problem?
(a) Figuring out how to get the water running again.
(b) Finding food.
(c) Keeping others out of the house.
(d) Finding a safer place to sleep at night.

3. What is written on the outside of the sealed letter Lisa finds on a desk?
(a) Send on first truck to Atlanta.
(b) Special Delivery - Urgent.
(c) Sign, Sealed, Delivered.
(d) Please forward this letter.

4. What does Jill Jansen say when Lisa encounters her?
(a) Do you have enough food to share?
(b) Do you want to play?
(c) I need food for my sisters!
(d) What's in the bag?

5. What kind of injuries does Todd have when Lisa gets home with the second load of supplies?
(a) A cut above his eye.
(b) A bloody lip and some bruises.
(c) A broken arm.
(d) A cracked rib.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where are they when Lisa tries to explain to Todd about her mixed up feelings about her accomplishments?

3. What kind of notebook does Lisa study before her meeting with the neighborhood children?

4. Where does Lisa tell the children to go for a campfire after she sends Tom Logan away?

5. What were the meetings that Lisa attended on Mondays before the plague?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lisa discover when she returns to the house with the second load of supplies from the farm?

3. What kind of life does Craig wish for and what is Lisa's response?

4. What are some of the options Lisa can think of as ways to get food?

5. Lisa talks to Todd about her sense of accomplishment. What does she say about it?

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

7. Briefly describe the story Lisa tells Todd the night after the gang steals the food Lisa brought from the farm.

8. How has Lisa's relationship with Todd changed and what is her attitude about that?

9. What does Lisa start to say about the children who didn't come out to fight off the gang, why does she change her mind and why does she let the children tell the story any way they choose?

10. What does Lisa think about while she and Todd are eating dinner?

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