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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What inspires Ann to make a salad?
(a) A dream about a rabbit.
(b) A dream about her mother.
(c) Loomis talks about his salad garden.
(d) Seeing an add in a magazine.

2. What does Ann play for Mr. Loomis?
(a) The piano.
(b) Her trumpet.
(c) Her clarinet.
(d) The guitar.

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

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

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

6. What does Ann fear about Loomis?
(a) He will leave.
(b) He will start trying to boss her around.
(c) He might be getting delirious again.
(d) He will want to get married.

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

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

9. How does Ann know what she states in the opening sentence?
(a) They heard the news on the radio.
(b) Someone has been shooting a rifle.
(c) She sees smoke.
(d) The dog herds the cows home who kick at Ann.

10. Who returns to the valley?
(a) Faro.
(b) The Kleins.
(c) No one.
(d) David.

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

12. How long are Ann's parents and brother gone when they go out?
(a) Just a few hours.
(b) A month.
(c) Several days.
(d) They never return.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Loomis' main health problem at this time?

2. What does Ann think the visitor is bringing?

3. How does Ann feel about the man being there as she gets ready to sleep that night?

4. Where is Loomis from?

5. What intrigues the man as he is making breakfast?

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