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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. How many people has Loomis met on his journey?
(a) Several thousand.
(b) Two others besides Ann.
(c) Less than a dozen.
(d) None besides Ann.

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

5. Where is Loomis from?
(a) North Platte.
(b) Boston.
(c) Ithaca.
(d) Manhattan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes with Ann to gather the greens?

2. What does Ann see when she goes and looks out of the boundaries of her valley?

3. What is Loomis doing when Ann returns home?

4. What does the man set up in the front yard?

5. What had the team just completed before the war?

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