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

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

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

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

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

7. For what is Loomis searching?
(a) His young son and daughter.
(b) His parents.
(c) Survivors.
(d) His wife.

8. What is the man wearing who arrives in Ann's sight?
(a) Coveralls.
(b) A military uniform.
(c) A business suit.
(d) A strange plastic suit.

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

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

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

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

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

14. When Ann's father returns from scouting the first time he went out, what does he report finding?
(a) Some areas still have a few people.
(b) Lots of dead bodies.
(c) Only a few have died around a 50 mile radius of their place.
(d) He never returned from his scouting expedition.

15. What does the man do at Burden Creek?
(a) Checks for radiation.
(b) Takes a bath.
(c) Puts a chemical in the water.
(d) Takes some soil samples of the creek bed.