2. How does Loomis get there from where he started?
(a) Car until he ran out of gas.
(b) Walking.
(c) Horseback until the horse dies.
(d) Bicycle.

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

4. What does Ann use to gather greens?
(a) The basket her mother always used.
(b) A wheelbarrow.
(c) A plastic grocery bag.
(d) A rolling suitcase.

5. How does Ann feel about the man being there as she gets ready to sleep that night?
(a) Fearful but companionable.
(b) Angry.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Terrified.

6. What does Ann think should possibly happen on her 17th birthday?
(a) Trying to contact others in the midwest which did not get hit so badly.
(b) Trying to get pregnant.
(c) Leaving the valley.
(d) Getting married.

7. How long was the war?
(a) A week.
(b) A couple months.
(c) They do not know.
(d) A day.

8. What is Loomis' main health problem at this time?
(a) Sore muscles.
(b) Skin lesions.
(c) Anemia.
(d) Swollen lymph glands.

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

10. From where is the pond fed?
(a) An underground spring.
(b) A well that is not capped.
(c) Burden Creek.
(d) Ann does not know.

11. What happens when Ann asks him about the person in question 63?
(a) He starts sobbing.
(b) He says he does not want to talk about it.
(c) He drops his glass of water.
(d) He gets angry.

12. What was the most noticeable thing about the man after he walks back to his cart?
(a) He has sores all over his face.
(b) He was very pale.
(c) He was heavily tanned.
(d) He was very old.

13. What intrigues the man as he is making breakfast?
(a) The sounds of a chicken and cow.
(b) The sound of a squirrel chattering.
(c) Smoke coming from across the valley.
(d) The sound of a dog barking.

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

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