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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of training happens at nine each morning?

2. Why does Lisa drive to the back of the building rather than stopping out front?

3. Which of the following are among the things Lisa has for them to eat at the campfire?

4. Where does Steve suggest they get food?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe what the children do during their holiday?

4. Briefly describe the letter Lisa finds on the table in the farm house.

5. Who is Jill and what does she demand of Lisa? Why does she feel Lisa should help her and what does Lisa think?

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

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

8. What is Craig thinking as he and Lisa go to the warehouse in two cars one night?

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

10. Briefly tell what the man wrote to his son John in the letter Lisa found on the writing desk.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Lisa learn to drive? Why does she learn to drive? List at least two things she accomplishes because she learned to drive.

Essay Topic 2

What do you consider the most important theme of the story? Give at least two examples of this theme and explain their role in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Who is Todd? Jill? Craig? Charlie? Julie? Tom? Elaine? What is the role of each in the story? How are each connected to Lisa?

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