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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Ann use the tractor?
(a) She does not know how to get it running.
(b) It has flat tires.
(c) It is too big for the size of garden she is making.
(d) She needs gas.

2. 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.

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

4. Where is the man?
(a) Gone.
(b) Gathering eggs.
(c) Swimming in the pond.
(d) In his tent unconscious.

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

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

7. Where is Loomis from?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Ithaca.
(c) Boston.
(d) North Platte.

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

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

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

11. What did the man lay on top of his cart?
(a) An oxygen tank.
(b) A gun.
(c) Another Geiger counter.
(d) A dog biscuit.

12. Why does Ann go down to the farm yard with her gun?
(a) To get Faro.
(b) To confront the man.
(c) To check on the man.
(d) To steal some eggs.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ann hope?

2. Who was supposed to stay with Ann when her parents went exploring?

3. What happens when Ann asks him about the person in question 63?

4. In what month does the book open?

5. What does Ann play for Mr. Loomis?

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