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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. How long have the Mayor and Winters known each other?
(a) Since the beginning of the war.
(b) Since high school.
(c) Since grade school.
(d) Since college.

2. What does Lanser think will restore order in the town?
(a) Random shootings.
(b) A week of no food rations.
(c) Execution of the leaders.
(d) Fearless raids on houses.

3. Who does Lanser put in charge of finding the packages?
(a) Loft.
(b) Hunter.
(c) Millet.
(d) Prackle.

4. What is in a package that Hunter opened?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) A map.
(c) Some money.
(d) A newspaper.

5. What is Mrs. Morden doing when Annie comes by?
(a) Stoking a fire.
(b) Milling corn.
(c) Packing a bag.
(d) Unravelling a sweater.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the soldiers get news from home?

2. Who comes up with the main punishment given to the miners?

3. What does Winters say the enemy has underestimated when he is under arrest?

4. What does Loft do when Tonder loses control?

5. How does Tonder describe Mrs. Morden when he stops by her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lanser plead with the Mayor to do before his execution, and what did this show?

2. What happened to Tom and Will's brother?

3. Why does Annie get suspicious of Molly?

4. What do the miners do to slow the work in the mines?

5. What causes the Mayor to feel ashamed before his execution?

6. Why does Tonder say he wants to visit with Molly?

7. Who does Lanser want to put in charge of gathering the packages, and why is he unavailable?

8. What makes the soldiers so miserable during the winter?

9. What does the Mayor say to his wife before his execution?

10. What did Correll do after sustaining his injury?

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