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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. Who plans to look around town?

2. Who believes the teens' situation is forcing them to grow up?

3. How many people at the school believed Chris was a legend?

4. Who teaches Corrie how to use the radio to get stations from other countries?

5. When Ellie sees movement in Robyn's house, who thinks it's a cat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plans do the teens make for finding Robyn and Lee?

2. What do Corrie and Ellie discuss while Ellie is on sentry duty?

3. What helps to bring Corrie out of her shock?

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

5. In Chapter 14, how does Ellie feel about Homer?

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

7. What do Homer and Ellie learn about Lee and Robyn?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

How does Ellie, Corrie, and Kevin's escape from the three soldiers? Discuss the explosion they used to do so and the impact on Ellie's thought processes and emotions. Give details about the lasting effects of this event.

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