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

2. What does Ann decide to do about safety?
(a) She will hide from whoever is coming towards the valley.
(b) She will hide all the guns in the cave.
(c) She will rig up an alram system.
(d) She won't swim alone.

3. What seems to puzzle the man after he goes inside Ann's home?
(a) No one is there.
(b) There are green plants in the sunroom.
(c) Faro isn't barking at the man.
(d) There is fresh food in the cabinets.

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

5. What animal ran off after Ann's family went exploring?
(a) The dog.
(b) The donkey.
(c) The cat.
(d) The horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ann's father returns from scouting the first time he went out, what does he report finding?

2. With what information does the book open in the first sentence?

3. What does Ann think about in a flashback to right after the war?

4. Who returns to the valley?

5. How does Ann feel about the man being there as she gets ready to sleep that night?

(see the answer key)

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