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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 kind of lanterns are lit when electricity goes down?
(a) Kerosene.
(b) Olive oil.
(c) Petrol.
(d) Gasoline.

2. What is the main punishment given to the miners?
(a) Their families are not fed.
(b) They get beat.
(c) They lose on their wages.
(d) Their positions are moved to the more dangerous ones.

3. Why does Lanser feel panicked about the packages?
(a) He doesn't know how to stop it.
(b) He has never seen this tactic used before.
(c) He knows it will weaken morale.
(d) He knows people are escaping.

4. What are the townspeople mining?
(a) Copper.
(b) Gold.
(c) Oil.
(d) Coal.

5. How do the people know how to use the packages they find?
(a) They use trial and error to figure it out.
(b) Instructions were included.
(c) A letter was sent explaining it to the Mayor.
(d) They use explosives in the mines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person listening to Tonder yell do?

2. What is Alex's wife's name?

3. What does Lanser fear most about the packages being dropped?

4. What kind of looks do the townspeople give the soldiers when passing them?

5. What is Mrs. Morden's house being used by the Mayor for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Molly do when she knows Tonder is at the door for the second time?

2. What does Molly's comment to Tonder about sausages mean?

3. What punishment does Loft create for insubordinate mine workers?

4. How could the people use the dynamite sent to them by the air drops?

5. What happens when Tonder loses control?

6. Why can the soldiers not punish the mine workers by withholding food?

7. What request does the Mayor make to the Anders brothers before they leave?

8. What did Correll do after sustaining his injury?

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

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

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