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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Loomis' boss invent?
(a) A new kind of Geiger counter.
(b) An amoeba.
(c) A new kind of metal.
(d) A polymer.

3. What does Ann play for Mr. Loomis?
(a) The piano.
(b) The guitar.
(c) Her trumpet.
(d) Her clarinet.

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

5. Who goes with Ann to gather the greens?
(a) Loomis.
(b) Faro.
(c) A barn cat.
(d) The young bull.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Loomis get there from where he started?

4. What is Loomis' main health problem at this time?

5. For what is Loomis searching?

(see the answer key)

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