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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 wrong with the man put in charge of finding the packages?
(a) He has bad eyesight.
(b) He is afraid of the townspeople.
(c) He is very sick.
(d) He is having emotional upheavals.

2. What does Winters say the enemy has underestimated when he is under arrest?
(a) The weapons.
(b) The people.
(c) The plan.
(d) The country.

3. What startles Mrs. Morden while she is sitting alone in her house most nights?
(a) The end of day whistle.
(b) The whistling winds.
(c) The voices of men.
(d) The sound of marching soldiers.

4. What kind of looks do the townspeople give the soldiers when passing them?
(a) Fearful.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Sullen.
(d) Angry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Loft do when Tonder loses control?

2. What injury does Correll have when the packages are sent?

3. What causes soldiers to be sent home?

4. What is Tom's last name?

5. What does the Mayor want sent from England?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Annie get suspicious of Molly?

5. How does Loft show his naievte?

6. What does Correll say will be done to create order in the town after the packages are dropped?

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

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

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

10. What did the Mayor have to do if he wanted to avoid being executed?

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