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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. How does Lisa first come up with the idea of a warehouse full of food?

2. Where do Todd and Lisa sleep?

3. What kind of crops are growing in the fields of the first farm where Lisa stops?

4. What does Lisa think when she notices the clock at midnight?

5. Who are the main characters in the story Lisa tells Todd before they go to sleep in chapter two?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the plan Lisa presents the other children for the creation of a militia?

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. What does Lisa find in her closet that reminds her of her old life, and how does she feel when she finds it?

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

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

10. What are some of the suggestions the other children have as an alternative to forming a militia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aside from the high school, what are three important settings in the story? Describe each and describe the role it plays in the story.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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