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

7. What bothers Ann about the man and her chickens?
(a) He can hear them.
(b) He eats some of her eggs.
(c) He kills one of them.
(d) He captures them and puts them in his cart.

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

9. What is Loomis doing when Ann returns home?
(a) Checking the radiation levels of the Creek.
(b) Writing out instructions for a windmill.
(c) Cutting firewood.
(d) Playing the piano.

10. After four days, what does Loomis' temperature mean?
(a) He will get sicker, but will most likely survive.
(b) He is still in the interim period.
(c) He is pretty much cured.
(d) He has the worse form of radiation.

11. In addition to the suit, what does Loomis' group create that enables Loomis to survive a search for survivors?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A fillter to cleanse water of radiation.
(c) A filter to make water usuable.
(d) An invisible dome to keep fallout off his cart and supplies.

12. What does Loomis say about the night the bombs fall?
(a) He and his wife were talking on the phone when it goes dead.
(b) He is alone in the lab.
(c) He and seven others were in the lab when the bombs fell.
(d) He was on his way to pick up his children.

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

14. 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.

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