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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ann know what she states in the opening sentence?
(a) Someone has been shooting a rifle.
(b) They heard the news on the radio.
(c) She sees smoke.
(d) The dog herds the cows home who kick at Ann.

2. How long had the system between Ann and Loomis worked out alright?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) A couple months.

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

4. 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.

5. Where is the man?
(a) Gathering eggs.
(b) Swimming in the pond.
(c) In his tent unconscious.
(d) Gone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since it is June, what is urgent that Ann do?

2. What puzzles Ann about Loomis' request that she read him poetry?

3. Who was to come to the lab where Loomis worked?

4. What does Ann decide she will do after cooking breakfast?

5. What does the man notice in Burden Creek?

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