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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 is the alarm sound for Craig's house?

2. What is the sight Lisa and Todd see when they arrive home?

3. Where does Lisa find the note from the farmer?

4. Why does Todd no longer want to be called "Toddy-boy?"

5. What does Jill say when Lisa demands that her children help patrol Grand Avenue to protect against attacks?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. What is Jill's argument when Lisa says the children at Jill's house will have to help with patrols? What is Lisa's response?

9. Describe what the children do during their holiday?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe at least three situations in which Lisa doubts herself or her decisions. How are the three different? How are they the same? What does Lisa learn from each?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the sense of duty Lisa feels toward the children who live in the high school. Why does she feel this way? Craig initially feels a sense of duty as well and puts off his own dream of farming to be the leader of the militia and to teach the children. What changes for Craig? Was he wrong? Compare the attitudes of Lisa and Craig.

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