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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. With whom has Rose become infatuated, as revealed in Chapter 16?
(a) Leverett.
(b) Captain Landis.
(c) Uri.
(d) William.

2. By what nickname do Tig and Zeke call Delouse's little brother in Chapter 17?
(a) The Monkey.
(b) The Mouse Trap.
(c) The Fox.
(d) The Flour Sack.

3. To whom does Thatcher say his neighbor (Mary Treat) compares Captain Landis in Chapter 10?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Phineas Barnum.
(c) King Henry VIII.
(d) President Grant.

4. What servant in Thatcher's home has given her notice in Chapter 16?
(a) Mrs. Cooke.
(b) Mrs. Cutler.
(c) Mrs. Priestley.
(d) Mrs. Brindle.

5. Where does Nick insist he wants to go tomorrow when Willa and Iano return home in Chapter 13?
(a) To the graveyard.
(b) To the synagogue.
(c) To Wisconsin.
(d) To his father's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Thatcher and Uri eat while having coffee in Chapter 10?

2. How is Captain Landis's wife widely described as being, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?

3. From where did Uri Carruth's father immigrate to the U.S.?

4. What season is it when Willa and Iano go to the Pine Barrens in the beginning of Chapter 13?

5. Willa compares listening to the news radio stations to listening to whom reporting on the alien invasion in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the debate conclude in Chapter 12?

2. About what do Jorge and Zeke argue in Chapter 17?

3. Why has Iano left in Chapter 15? Where has he gone?

4. Why is Rose opposed to Thatcher testifying in court in Chapter 16?

5. What are Willa's future plans at the end of her narrative in Chapter 17?

6. Why does Tig's behavior surprise Willa in Chapter 13?

7. What are Thatcher's future plans in Chapter 18?

8. How would you compare the demeanors of Thatcher and Cutler in the debate in Chapter 12?

9. Where do Willa and Iano go to hike in Chapter 13? Why?

10. How is the lecture/debate described in Chapter 10?

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