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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 smell Lisa detects in the kitchen?
2. Where does Todd get water?
3. One of the suggestions is to have Tom Logan's gang fight off the Chidester Gang. How is it suggested that they get Tom Logan on their side?
4. What does Lisa say she had been doing a few weeks ago?
5. What does Jill Jansen say when Lisa encounters her?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe what the children do during their holiday?
2. Briefly describe the story Lisa tells Todd the night after the gang steals the food Lisa brought from the farm.
3. 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?
4. What is the plan Craig and Lisa come up with about storing the food?
5. Briefly tell what the man wrote to his son John in the letter Lisa found on the writing desk.
6. What are some of the suggestions the other children have as an alternative to forming a militia?
7. What kind of training do the children dislike most and who is teaching them about this?
8. How is the Chidester gang chased off when the attack the neighborhood while Craig and Lisa are away?
9. Describe the party Lisa and the other children have at Lake Ellyn.
10. Briefly describe the letter Lisa finds on the table in the farm house.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the trip Lisa and the group takes to other cities. What do they discover? What had they hoped to discover? What is Lisa's attitude when the group turns toward home?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
How does Lisa survive in the first months after the plague? What is it that keeps her motivated? What are her biggest concerns?
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