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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Murray, what are the two kinds of people in the world?
(a) Babies and old people.
(b) Liars and murderers.
(c) Killers and murderers.
(d) Killers and diers.

2. Where are they supposed to evacuate to?
(a) The airport.
(b) The mall.
(c) A boy scout camp.
(d) The supermarket.

3. Which family member is the first to know about the spill?
(a) Heinrich.
(b) Steffie.
(c) Jack.
(d) Babette.

4. What is the name of Book 2?
(a) The Spill.
(b) The Airborne Toxic Event.
(c) Nyodene D.
(d) The Airborne Toxic Spill.

5. Instead of a "plume", what does the weather center call the smoke?
(a) Toxic fog.
(b) Black billowing mass.
(c) Feathery cloud.
(d) Black billowing cloud.

6. Whom does Jack follow around campus?
(a) Murray.
(b) Babette.
(c) Mr. Gray.
(d) Winnie.

7. Which character may end up flying to Mexico?
(a) Jack.
(b) Mr. Gray.
(c) Denise.
(d) Steffie.

8. What did the police officer see "thrown from a UFO" in town?
(a) A mysterious device.
(b) A body.
(c) A shipping container.
(d) A car.

9. What is written on the green armband of the man who checks them in at the evacuation site?
(a) CDC.
(b) ARMY.
(c) SIMUVAC.
(d) EVACUSIM.

10. From where did Mr. Gray operate his "business"?
(a) A bank.
(b) A bookstore.
(c) A library.
(d) A motel.

11. What distinguishes Babette from Jack's other wives?
(a) She does not cook.
(b) She does not have any children.
(c) She does not keep secrets.
(d) She is an orphan.

12. What is the topic of the new course Babette has been asked to teach?
(a) Sipping and Slurping.
(b) Eating and Drinking.
(c) Cooknig and Serving.
(d) Being and Doing.

13. Which member of the family notices that they are running out of gas?
(a) Wilder.
(b) Steffie.
(c) Heinrich.
(d) Babette.

14. What kind of storm is predicted to hit?
(a) Hurricane.
(b) Snowstorm.
(c) Rainstorm.
(d) Thunderstorm.

15. What is the name of Murray's rival and fellow professor who died over vacation?
(a) Dasilakis.
(b) Cotsakis.
(c) Papadakis.
(d) Gatos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine does Jack's doctor mention the latest issue of?

2. Which family in the neighborhood has a new dog?

3. Who demands to know the real name of Mr. Gray?

4. According to Jack, how is Chakravarty's English?

5. According to Denise, what does the neighborhood family think their new dog "is"?

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