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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the man feed?
(a) Faro.
(b) The bull.
(c) The cows.
(d) The chickens.

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

3. What did the man lay on top of his cart?
(a) A gun.
(b) An oxygen tank.
(c) A dog biscuit.
(d) Another Geiger counter.

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

5. What was John Loomis' occupation?
(a) Physicist.
(b) Reporter.
(c) Physician.
(d) Chemist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal ran off after Ann's family went exploring?

2. What is Ann's first impulse when the man yells for anyone?

3. Why does Ann go down to the farm yard with her gun?

4. What did Loomis' boss invent?

5. What does the man do at the pond?

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