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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was to come to the lab where Loomis worked?
(a) His children.
(b) The military.
(c) The President.
(d) A panel of judges for the Noble laureate committee.

2. Who is Dr. Kylmer?
(a) A man who invented a special radiation counter.
(b) Loomis' brother-in-law.
(c) Loomis' best friend.
(d) A man who worked with Edward.

3. What did Ann and her brother realize about Burden Creek?
(a) It's flow changed.
(b) It is good water.
(c) It could be use to generate electricity.
(d) It is poisoned.

4. 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.

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

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

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

8. What does Ann think the visitor is bringing?
(a) Disease.
(b) Hope.
(c) News.
(d) Heavy equipment and/or supplies.

9. What set of reading material does Ann give Loomis?
(a) A stack of Mother Earth magazines.
(b) The Farmer's Mechanic.
(c) A couple carpentry books.
(d) The Farmer's Almanacs from the last twenty-five years.

10. About how far is Claypole Ridge?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 15 miles.
(c) 32 miles.
(d) Over 50 miles away.

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

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

13. Who was supposed to stay with Ann when her parents went exploring?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Mrs. Klein.
(c) Faro.
(d) David.

14. Where does her parents say they are going first in their explorations?
(a) To the Mennonites.
(b) To the Amish.
(c) To the military base.
(d) To the Quaker settlement.

15. 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 kill one of the cows.
(c) The man will leave right away.
(d) She should have warned the man about Burden Creek.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faro point to in the field?

2. Where is the man?

3. Why does Ann decide to hide from a visitor?

4. In addition to the suit, what does Loomis' group create that enables Loomis to survive a search for survivors?

5. What does the man do at Burden Creek?

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