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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ann observe as she sits in her cave at night?
(a) The cows had returned to the barn.
(b) There might be more than one visitor.
(c) The visitor had built a fire in the yard.
(d) The person seems young.

2. Why does Ann begin recording the events of her day?
(a) She cannot remember the details otherwise.
(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) Her father appoints her as the historian.

3. What does Ann hope?
(a) The Creek is no longer radioactive.
(b) Faro will not show up.
(c) The calf will keep the cow from getting uncomfortable with too much milk.
(d) The cows will be too skittish to get near the man.

4. How does Ann feel about the man being there as she gets ready to sleep that night?
(a) Fearful but companionable.
(b) Resentful.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Angry.

5. Where does her parents say they are going first in their explorations?
(a) To the Quaker settlement.
(b) To the military base.
(c) To the Mennonites.
(d) To the Amish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man do after using the Geiger counter?

2. Of what is the man afraid?

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

4. Where has Ann been on the morning of the opening of the book?

5. How does Ann know what she states in the opening sentence?

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