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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. About whom does Ann ask Loomis?
(a) His son.
(b) Walter.
(c) His wife.
(d) Edward.

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

4. 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 old.
(c) He was heavily tanned.
(d) He was very pale.

5. Of what is the man afraid?
(a) He does not say why he is afraid.
(b) He will die from radiation poisoning.
(c) Ann will make him leave.
(d) They will not be able to live through the winter on short provisions.

6. What animal ran off after Ann's family went exploring?
(a) The cat.
(b) The donkey.
(c) The dog.
(d) The horse.

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

8. What is another thing the visitor does soon after examining the green leaves of a tree?
(a) He checks the tree and area with a Geiger counter.
(b) He shoots his rifle into the air.
(c) He plants an American flag in the soil by the tree.
(d) He climbs the tree to reach the fruit.

9. Of what does Loomis say Ann's family probably died?
(a) Nerve gas.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Mob violence.
(d) Radiation poisoning.

10. Why doesn't Loomis go with Ann?
(a) He wants to try contacting others with Ann's radio.
(b) He needs to work on generator plans.
(c) He is too weak.
(d) He wants to write in his journal.

11. What does Ann decide she should do?
(a) Bring Faro in the house.
(b) Live in the tent.
(c) Cook better meals since there was another person to feed.
(d) Live in the cave.

12. What is Ann's first impulse when the man yells for anyone?
(a) To shoot him.
(b) To answer him.
(c) To send Faro down to him.
(d) To get up to the cave.

13. Where does Ann take the cows and young bull?
(a) To the cave.
(b) No where.
(c) To a far pasture.
(d) To the neighobor's farm.

14. With what information does the book open in the first sentence?
(a) There was a nuclear holocaust.
(b) The cows are acting strangely.
(c) Someone is coming.
(d) Ann and her family are alone in the valley.

15. What does Ann decide to do about safety?
(a) She will hide all the guns in the cave.
(b) She won't swim alone.
(c) She will rig up an alram system.
(d) She will hide from whoever is coming towards the valley.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Loomis from?

3. After four days, what does Loomis' temperature mean?

4. What does the man do at the pond?

5. What is Loomis doing when Ann returns home?

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