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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the largest city near the settlement where Mark lives in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Little Rock.
(d) Asheville.

2. Who is injured and carried back toward the Central Shack in Chapter 4?
(a) Trina.
(b) Darnell.
(c) Brenda.
(d) Deedee.

3. The narrator says in Chapter 21, "Mark thought constantly about how there was one thing they always had." What is that one thing?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Food.
(c) Water.
(d) Sunlight.

4. How did Mark first meet Trina?
(a) They met at a hospital.
(b) They met after the sun flares.
(c) They lived next-door growing up.
(d) They met in college.

5. What do the cult followers do when their leader appears in Chapter 25?
(a) They scream.
(b) They kneel.
(c) They run away.
(d) They laugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Deedee doing when Mark awakens in Chapter 21?

2. What do the cult followers call their leader in Chapter 25?

3. Who collapses at the Central Shack from infection in Chapter 13?

4. From what narrative perspective is the story related?

5. Who makes breakfast for the group in the beginning of Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Mark and Alec gain access to the interior of the Berg in Chapter 5?

2. Why does Lana tell Mark and Trina to hurry in Chapter 2? What is their mission for the day?

3. How does Mark respond when he encounters the Toad in Chapter 16? How is the Toad's behavior described?

4. What does Alec reveal to be the cause of the destruction in the flashback in Chapter 19?

5. What does Lana theorize about the virus in Chapter 17?

6. Why do the tribal cult followers say they came to the woods in Chapter 24? What do they reveal about Deedee?

7. What leads to the separation of Mark and Alec from the others in their group in Chapter 22?

8. How do Mark and Alec manage to make it back to their camp in Chapter 27? What do they find when they arrive?

9. What is described as Trina's favorite activity in Chapter 1? Where does Trina live?

10. How is the camp of the tribal cult followers described in Chapter 23?

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