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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the purpose of Radio Free Earth?
(a) To show the people that society was beginning to rebuild itself.
(b) To provide weather reports despite a lack of news communication.
(c) To give civilians inside military information.
(d) To serve as a weapon against lies and misinformation.

2. According to Bohdan Taras, what city is set on fire?
(a) St. Petersburg.
(b) London.
(c) Johannesburg.
(d) Kiev.

3. What does Kwang Jingshu say he is happy to see?
(a) Unity.
(b) Children.
(c) Peace.
(d) Charity.

4. What is T. Sean Collins now unable to do?
(a) Function in society.
(b) Be alone.
(c) Have a family.
(d) Maintain a job.

5. After regaining consciousness, what does a monkey do to Sardar Khanin?
(a) Makes noise, dances and then runs away.
(b) Tells him the war is almost over.
(c) Urinates on his face.
(d) Shoots him.

6. What is Todd Wainio's relationship status at the end of the novel?
(a) Married.
(b) Single.
(c) Divorced.
(d) Widowed.

7. According to Sardar Khanin, why would a thermonuclear weapon be a bad idea to use in the pass?
(a) It would have no affect against the infected people.
(b) It would kill all the refugees in the pass.
(c) It would poison the water in the pass.
(d) It would create a sloping ramp right up the pass.

8. Who, according to Chapter 8, is the only individual to believe what Maria Zhuganova's nation claims about religion?
(a) Clergyman Ryzhkov.
(b) The Archbishop of Moscow.
(c) Maria Zhuganova.
(d) The Roman Catholic Pope.

9. What does Todd Wainio admit at the end of the novel?
(a) He misses the days before the war.
(b) He sometimes loses his ability to cope.
(c) He can't remember how the war began.
(d) He believes one country created the illness, but it got out of hand.

10. What does Sardar Khanin see crawling all over people on a Himalayan road?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Monkeys.
(c) Rats.
(d) Infected people.

11. What does Kondo Tatsumi hope to find?
(a) A middle road.
(b) A home and family.
(c) Spiritual enlightenment.
(d) A way to recover his old personality.

12. What does "The Whacko" tell a tree during his interview with the narrator?
(a) That a squirrel is living in it.
(b) That it has beautiful leaves.
(c) That it doesn't need to grow so quickly.
(d) That it's doing a good job.

13. What does Kondo Tatsumi see in Tomonaga Ijiro's path?
(a) It is a good path to follow.
(b) It is a path that could lead to destruction.
(c) It is a path that could lead to worldwide leadership for Ijiro.
(d) It is a path that is already being followed by other countries.

14. How did the delegates decide what action to take at The Honolulu Conference?
(a) They discussed options until a unanimous decision was made.
(b) They voted.
(c) They compromised.
(d) No decision was made at the conference.

15. What is the name of the German version of the Redeker Plan?
(a) Prochnow Plan.
(b) Nuremberg Plan.
(c) Katterbach Plan.
(d) Hamburg Plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maria Zhuganova claim her country now has?

2. What does Kondo Tatsumi say about both his own and Tomonaga Ijiro's generations?

3. Where is Arthur Sinclair in Chapter 8?

4. Where is Jurgen Warmbrunn located in Chapter 8?

5. How does Mrs. Miller believe her generation caused the war?

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