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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. Which teacher gave out more detentions than the rest of the staff put together?

2. What percent of the school thought that Chris was a genius?

3. How long do Homer and Ellie wait for Robyn and Lee before they decide to check the house?

4. Whose opinion on the cause of the war sparks anger among others in the group?

5. Who plants a garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does hearing the confirmation of the war on the radio change things for the teens?

2. What happens as the teens are making plans, and what do they realize?

3. What does Fiona say would happen if she chose to lie low until the war was over.

4. Whom do the teens report to as they observe the hovering helicopter, and why?

5. What do the teens consider when they realize the helicopter may land and the soldiers may come after them, and what do they decide?

6. What happens to Corrie after the missile hits and destroys her home?

7. Why isn't Corrie initially able to pick up any stations on the short-wave radio?

8. What plans do the teens make after they hear Robyn's story about Lee?

9. Why don't the teens immediately leave the area after Corrie's house is destroyed?

10. How does Ellie feel about Lee when they are waiting to return to Hell?

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

Explain why the Bible verse Ellie reads in Chapter 14 is so appropriate for the story?

Essay Topic 3

Explain Ellie's feelings for Lee in Chapter 14 and the reasons she becomes so angry with him when he questions her about her feelings for him and Homer.

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