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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. Whom does Lee seem to be angry with?

2. What percent of the school thought Chris was weird?

3. How do the teens dispose of the BMW?

4. Who senses that inaction is the enemy?

5. Who is now seeing Homer as a confident and mature person?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ellie feel upon finding that some of her possessions have been stolen by looters?

2. What happens to Ellie after her explosive episode with Chris?

3. What do the teens argue about when making a list of things to gather from each home?

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

5. What ultimatum does Ellie give Chris, and why?

6. How does Ellie surprise herself when she finds Chris sleeping when he should be keeping watch?

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

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

9. What does Corrie hear when she initially finds a station on the short-wave radio?

10. What do the teens do as the helicopter approaches?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 22, what does Ellie means when she says she is almost frightened by the power of blowing up the bridge?

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