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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ann begin recording the events of her day?
(a) Her father appoints her as the historian.
(b) Her mother asks her to do so just before her mother dies.
(c) Her teacher at school suggests it is a good thing to do.
(d) She cannot remember the details otherwise.

2. What does Ann see when she goes and looks out of the boundaries of her valley?
(a) Lots of animals but no people.
(b) Smoke in three different directions.
(c) Everything is dead.
(d) A valley about 40 miles away that has signs of life.

3. What does Loomis' boss' invention do?
(a) Absorbs radiation.
(b) Eats radiation.
(c) Repels radiation.
(d) Detects a special type of radiation.

4. Of what is the man afraid?
(a) He will die from radiation poisoning.
(b) Ann will make him leave.
(c) They will not be able to live through the winter on short provisions.
(d) He does not say why he is afraid.

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) Having enough food if feeding two.
(d) Sharing a house with a stranger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Loomis' boss invent?

2. What did the man lay on top of his cart?

3. What does Ann decide she should do?

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

5. Why does Ann decide to hide from a visitor?

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