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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 do the children use to create a barrier around the houses?

2. What does Lisa cook for their dinner?

3. What does Charlie say they should do?

4. In the letter Lisa finds, what does the man say he's sorry for?

5. Why does Charlie say he helped the gang steal food from Lisa?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe how Lisa and Craig get to the warehouse and how they get in.

6. How does Lisa explain the word "logical" to Todd?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Jill take in so many children when she's having trouble feeding them all? Was she right to do this? Support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the daily routine for the children after they move to the high school. How do Lisa's days differ from those of most of the other children?

Essay Topic 3

What are the most pressing needs for the children who live in Lisa's neighborhood in the weeks after the plague? How do those needs change after the children move into the high school?

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