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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Alec and Mark get into the Berg headquarters in Chapter 30?
(a) They catapult into the tower.
(b) The ride in on a Berg.
(c) They slip into the trap door.
(d) They crawl in through a window.

2. How does Alec manage to get rid of Mark's attacker at the Berg is lifting off in Chapter 44?
(a) He shoots him with a Transvice.
(b) He kicks him.
(c) He throws a hammer at his face.
(d) He stabs him with a knife.

3. In the following sentence from Chapter 45, what literary device is used? "But the world felt disconnected, as if it were a play Mark was watching from the back row, lying on the floor."
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Irony.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

4. How long does Alec say it's been since the sun flares in Chapter 31?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 years.

5. What does Alec compare the trap door to the Berg headquarters to in Chapter 30?
(a) A coin flipping.
(b) A revolving door.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A stage door.

6. How many people are inside the room at the meeting that Alec and Mark spy on in Chapter 36?
(a) 90-100.
(b) 60-70.
(c) 80-90.
(d) 40-50.

7. What color are the thrusters on the Berg described as in Chapter 30?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

8. How is the door described that Alec and Mark face inside the Berg headquarters as the Berg is landing in Chapter 31?
(a) Like a submarine door.
(b) Like a revolving door.
(c) Like a truck door.
(d) Like a garage door.

9. What are the drawings of that cover the interior of the second house that Mark and Alec inspect on their search in Chapter 54?
(a) Hearts.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Monsters.
(d) Ships.

10. How does Alec overcome the gunman with the boat in Chapter 47?
(a) He throws him out a window.
(b) He locks him in a closet.
(c) He trips him as he goes down the stairs.
(d) He punches him in the back of the head.

11. How does the narrator describe the canned military meal that Alec brings Mark in Chapter 45?
(a) Bland and mushy.
(b) Salty and beefy.
(c) Warm and spicy.
(d) Absolutely disgusting.

12. What do Mark and Alec have to drink from as they seek out their friends in Chapter 51?
(a) A water bottle.
(b) A wine bottle.
(c) A canteen.
(d) A flask.

13. What is described by the old man as "the last safe haven in the East" in Chapter 33?
(a) Little Rock.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Houston.
(d) Asheville.

14. Baxter describes a boat heading down what street in Chapter 46?
(a) Delancey.
(b) Main St.
(c) Broadway.
(d) Bowery.

15. The narrator says of Mark in Chapter 44, "He had to find Trina. If for no other reason that so he could" what?
(a) "Tell her he loved her."
(b) "Give her a ring."
(c) "Die with her."
(d) "Kill her."

Short Answer Questions

1. As the Berg pilots exit through a door in Chapter 31, one of them says, "They've already got a name for it, by the way. They're calling it" what?

2. On what floor is Mark in the beginning of his dream/flashback in Chapter 46?

3. Whose footprints disappear along the trail that Alec and Mark are following in Chapter 29?

4. How wide is the yach that is described in Chapter 46?

5. How does the narrator describe Mark's feelings as he fights the male pilot in Chapter 42?

(see the answer keys)

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