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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Ann worry?
(a) The man will eat all the chickens and there will be none left to reproduce.
(b) The man will leave right away.
(c) The man will kill one of the cows.
(d) She should have warned the man about Burden Creek.

2. What does the man do at Burden Creek?
(a) Takes some soil samples of the creek bed.
(b) Puts a chemical in the water.
(c) Checks for radiation.
(d) Takes a bath.

3. What does Ann do to the chickens before hiding out?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Chases them out of their fenced in area.
(c) Kills them.
(d) Puts them in small wire cages and takes them to the cave.

4. What does Ann observe as she sits in her cave at night?
(a) There might be more than one visitor.
(b) The person seems young.
(c) The cows had returned to the barn.
(d) The visitor had built a fire in the yard.

5. What does Loomis show Ann in one of her father's books?
(a) How to get gas out of the pumps manually.
(b) How to build a water wheel.
(c) How to build a greenhouse.
(d) How to build a wind turbine.

6. 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.

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

8. What was John Loomis' occupation?
(a) Reporter.
(b) Physician.
(c) Chemist.
(d) Physicist.

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

10. What does Ann do later in the day without Loomis?
(a) Fish.
(b) Row on the pond.
(c) Visit the church.
(d) Walk to the store.

11. What does the man set up in the front yard?
(a) A tent.
(b) A water purification filter.
(c) A hand-cranked generator.
(d) A radio transmitter.

12. What does Loomis' boss' invention do?
(a) Detects a special type of radiation.
(b) Eats radiation.
(c) Repels radiation.
(d) Absorbs radiation.

13. What does Ann smell as she is gathering greens?
(a) Dandelions.
(b) Pear blossoms.
(c) Wild onions.
(d) Crabapple blossoms.

14. What does Ann fear about Loomis?
(a) He will want to get married.
(b) He will start trying to boss her around.
(c) He will leave.
(d) He might be getting delirious again.

15. Whom does the man feed?
(a) The chickens.
(b) The cows.
(c) Faro.
(d) The bull.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long are Ann's parents and brother gone when they go out?

2. What did the man lay on top of his cart?

3. What does the man notice in Burden Creek?

4. Who is Dr. Kylmer?

5. What seems to puzzle the man after he goes inside Ann's home?

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