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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Risa do at her piano recital?
(a) She plays a hard piece and makes a number of mistakes.
(b) She plays so poorly that the crowd boos her off stage.
(c) She is taken for unwinding before she has a chance to play.
(d) She plays perfectly, with no mistakes.

2. Where does Risa go while the other kids are in line for food?
(a) Outside for fresh air.
(b) Back to her bunk.
(c) To confront Roland.
(d) To the bathroom.

3. What is Stockholm Syndrome?
(a) Where a kidnapped person identifies with their kidnappers.
(b) What Lev calls his escape plan.
(c) Where people are sent to Swedish harvest camps.
(d) Where kidnappers have sympathy for their hostage and let them go.

4. Where do the boys sleep for the night as they are walking along the railroad tracks?
(a) In an old switch shack.
(b) With a group of campers.
(c) In a tent in the woods.
(d) They do not sleep, they continue to walk all night.

5. What reason does Risa give Nelson for being in the woods?
(a) She was confused and just wandered away.
(b) She had planned to meet friends at a certain time.
(c) She broker her arm and thought she could find help in the woods.
(d) She ran because she was afraid the bus would explode.

6. Who does Hannah find hiding in the science lab during the fire drill?
(a) Risa.
(b) Connor, Risa and Lev.
(c) Didi, Risa and Connor.
(d) Lev and Pastor Dan.

7. Who takes turns keeping watch throughout the night?
(a) Risa and Lev.
(b) Connor and Risa.
(c) Nelson and Connor.
(d) Lev and Nelson.

8. Why is Risa called in the headmaster's office?
(a) She is informed that state funding for the school is running out.
(b) She is told that she will have to live at another school.
(c) She is told that they will no longer pay for her piano lessons.
(d) She is informed that her piano teacher is scheduled to be unwound.

9. Why does Connor begin to do better in school and to exhibit better behavior after he finds out that he is scheduled to be unwound?
(a) So he can convince the harvest camps that he is worthy of being left alive.
(b) So his girlfriend will run away with him.
(c) So his parents will regret their decision to have him unwound.
(d) So his parents will cancel the unwinding.

10. How does Cyrus refer to his runaway status?
(a) He refuses to talk about himself.
(b) He calls himself a "run-to".
(c) He says he is on a mission from God.
(d) He is proud to be called a runaway.

11. How do the brain bits cause problems for Cyrus?
(a) He forgets who and where he is.
(b) He sees and hears things that aren't there.
(c) The bits make him violent.
(d) The Unwind's brain takes over sometimes.

12. What does Lev believe is going on when he wakes?
(a) He thinks Risa is being held hostage.
(b) He thinks Connor has murdered a juvey-cop.
(c) He thinks Risa killed the bus driver.
(d) He thinks Connor is holding him hostage.

13. What will need to happen if the AWOL Unwinds are to make a successful escape?
(a) They will have to learn to trust each other.
(b) They will need the help of an adult.
(c) They will need a map and supplies.
(d) They will need weapons.

14. Why is Risa cradling her arm in the woods?
(a) She is trying to trap the juvey-cop.
(b) Her arm is badly broken.
(c) She is trying to get Lev to trust her.
(d) She isn't cradling her arm in the woods.

15. How does Risa get away from Nelson?
(a) Connor tranqs the officer with his own gun.
(b) Risa tranqs the officer with his own gun.
(c) She runs when he goes for medical help.
(d) Risa is taken by Nelson and lead away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Risa think the Unwinds need help?

2. What does Pastor Dan tell Lev that has Lev so troubled?

3. How does the mother feel about leaving her baby on someone's doorstep?

4. What is Lev's first impression of Cyrus?

5. What is the name of Risa's piano teacher?

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