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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the man notice in Burden Creek?
(a) Some turtles.
(b) A lack of animal life in the creek.
(c) Large mouth bass.
(d) Lots of algae.

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

4. What does Ann think about in a flashback to right after the war?
(a) See a terrible flash of light and hearing the ground shake.
(b) The radio going dead.
(c) Her father feeling ill and then dying.
(d) Her family deciding to go out and check things again.

5. What does Ann worry about if the stranger is still here in winter?
(a) Surviving winter in a cave.
(b) Having enough wood.
(c) Sharing a house with a stranger.
(d) Having enough food if feeding two.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Loomis get there from where he started?

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

3. Since it is June, what is urgent that Ann do?

4. What doesn't Ann think the man is in a car?

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

(see the answer key)

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