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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ellie initially view Robyn?

2. In Chapter 5, what do the teens say they are going to do?

3. Who gets shot at by soldiers?

4. Who finds a message at Corrie's house?

5. What does the sign on the window of Tozer's say?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fiona attempt to explain away the planes Ellie saw in Hell?

2. Why does Ellie yell at Lee when she hears the Land Rover start up?

3. Describe the Secret Seven's descent into Hell.

4. What do Ellie, Corrie, and Kevin do when they are trapped by soldiers?

5. How do the other teens seem to view Ellie?

6. Why don't the teens try to communicate over the short-wave radio?

7. How does Homer want others to see him?

8. What is the first thing Ellie notices when she returns home?

9. What are some of the theories the teens come up with to explain why the house is empty and the dogs are dead?

10. In Chapter 5, why does Ellie only play True Confessions for a short period of time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the change that begins to occur in Homer as the teens realize that their country has been invaded. How is he different from the Homer the teens used to know?

Essay Topic 2

Name a few events that occur in Chapters 15, 16, or 17 that demonstrate that the teens are still regular young people despite all the trouble they have faced since the invaders arrived.

Essay Topic 3

Other than a war, what other reasonable explanations could there be for the absence of the teens' parents and the state of their homes when they return from Hell?

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