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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. Who is going to become the city's doctor?

2. Who shoots Lisa?

3. What does Lisa say Glenbard has?

4. What does Lisa say the children need in order to be able to defend their homes?

5. What are the two items on the table when Lisa is alone in the chamber?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Lisa and her group find in Villa Park and why don't they stop there?

2. What are Lisa's thoughts before she goes out to talk to the children calling for her?

3. Describe the conversation between Lisa and Todd when Todd enters the chamber.

4. What does Tom tell Lisa when she arrives in the chamber?

5. What are Lisa's thoughts when she finds herself alone in the chamber room with Tom?

6. What are some of the changes other children around town notice after Lisa and the others move into Glenbard?

7. Describe the operation on Lisa's bullet wound.

8. What happens in the moments after Tom leaves the chamber?

9. What is it that Todd is supposed to do once he's inside the city?

10. What is the deal Lisa makes with the children and what does she get when they return to her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Lisa survive in the first months after the plague? What is it that keeps her motivated? What are her biggest concerns?

Essay Topic 2

How does Lisa become a leader? What are the qualities that make her suited to this job?

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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