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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 does Lisa think when she notices the clock at midnight?
(a) That she can't wait for the following morning.
(b) That she hears someone walking in the house.
(c) That she's very afraid and hungry.
(d) That she should wake Todd to keep watch.

2. Where do the children go to sing after it gets cold outside?
(a) In the old school.
(b) In Lisa's house.
(c) In the boathouse.
(d) In the grocery warehouse.

3. Who makes up the song about Grandville?
(a) Todd.
(b) Julie.
(c) Lisa.
(d) Erika.

4. What kind of training happens at nine each morning?
(a) Driving.
(b) Throwing bombs.
(c) Running.
(d) Target practice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jill Jansen say when Lisa encounters her?

2. What is the smell Lisa detects in the kitchen?

3. What does Lisa suggest that Todd do with his morning in chapter three?

4. How many fish does Todd bring home after his first fishing trip?

5. What do the children discover Lisa and Todd are doing when they disappear from the singing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the things Lisa takes from the house she breaks into?

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. Describe what Lisa imagines she'll find in a grocery warehouse and how she comes up with the idea.

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

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

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