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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 does Lisa think she might be able to find if she rides north from her house to farms?
2. What is the sign in front of Jill's house?
3. How does Lisa first come up with the idea of a warehouse full of food?
4. What were the meetings that Lisa attended on Mondays before the plague?
5. What color is Lisa's hair?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of the things Lisa takes from the house she breaks into?
2. Briefly describe the letter Lisa finds on the table in the farm house.
3. What is the plan Craig and Lisa come up with about storing the food?
4. How do Lisa and Todd arrange an alarm system to alert them to intruders?
5. How does Lisa explain the word "logical" to Todd?
6. What does Lisa think about while she and Todd are eating dinner?
7. What is Craig thinking as he and Lisa go to the warehouse in two cars one night?
8. Briefly tell what the man wrote to his son John in the letter Lisa found on the writing desk.
9. Describe the party Lisa and the other children have at Lake Ellyn.
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
Why does Lisa believe that the city is better than the farm? Why does Craig believe the farm is better than the city? Which is correct?
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
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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