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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After four days, what does Loomis' temperature mean?
(a) He will get sicker, but will most likely survive.
(b) He is still in the interim period.
(c) He is pretty much cured.
(d) He has the worse form of radiation.

2. What was the most noticeable thing about the man after he walks back to his cart?
(a) He was heavily tanned.
(b) He has sores all over his face.
(c) He was very pale.
(d) He was very old.

3. What would Ann like to have in a church if she ever got married?
(a) Water lilies.
(b) Apple blossoms.
(c) Daisies.
(d) Wild flowers.

4. What does Ann do to the chickens before hiding out?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Chases them out of their fenced in area.
(c) Puts them in small wire cages and takes them to the cave.
(d) Kills them.

5. With what information does the book open in the first sentence?
(a) The cows are acting strangely.
(b) Someone is coming.
(c) There was a nuclear holocaust.
(d) Ann and her family are alone in the valley.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to the suit, what does Loomis' group create that enables Loomis to survive a search for survivors?

2. Why does Ann begin recording the events of her day?

3. What is wrong with Loomis at the opening of Chapter 10?

4. About what was Ann correct, much to Loomis' dismay?

5. What does Ann observe as she sits in her cave at night?

(see the answer key)

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