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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) They heard the news on the radio.
(b) Someone has been shooting a rifle.
(c) The dog herds the cows home who kick at Ann.
(d) She sees smoke.

2. For what does Ann really long?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Fresh salad and greens.
(d) Her best friend.

3. What does the man notice in Burden Creek?
(a) Some turtles.
(b) Large mouth bass.
(c) Lots of algae.
(d) A lack of animal life in the creek.

4. What does Loomis do at the store that causes Ann to worry?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Puts locks on the doors.
(c) Wrecks the front room.
(d) Breaks several windows.

5. What does Ann think about in a flashback to right after the war?
(a) Her father feeling ill and then dying.
(b) Her family deciding to go out and check things again.
(c) See a terrible flash of light and hearing the ground shake.
(d) The radio going dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What career was Ann thinking of before the war?

2. Why doesn't Loomis go with Ann?

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

4. Why does Ann go down to the farm yard with her gun?

5. Where does Loomis shoot Ann?

(see the answer key)

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