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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Ann tell Loomis?
(a) Her cellar with lots of canned goods.
(b) Her family.
(c) Her radio that is still working.
(d) Her secret diary.

2. Who is Dr. Kylmer?
(a) A man who invented a special radiation counter.
(b) Loomis' best friend.
(c) Loomis' brother-in-law.
(d) A man who worked with Edward.

3. Who was to come to the lab where Loomis worked?
(a) A panel of judges for the Noble laureate committee.
(b) His children.
(c) The President.
(d) The military.

4. What does the man do at the pond?
(a) Bathes.
(b) Puts a chemical in the water.
(c) Takes a reading with some kind of instrument.
(d) Goes fishing.

5. When Ann's father returns from scouting the first time he went out, what does he report finding?
(a) He never returned from his scouting expedition.
(b) Some areas still have a few people.
(c) Lots of dead bodies.
(d) Only a few have died around a 50 mile radius of their place.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ann think Faro will do?

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

4. About what does Ann worry?

5. What does Ann decide to do about safety?

(see the answer key)

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